THE CHILDREN'S COTTAGE SOCIETY OF CALGARY AN ALBERTA SOCIETY
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·1804 HOME RD NW · CALGARY, AB · T3B 1H1·BN 106914534RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
78¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
22%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$10.7M
Charity Intelligence ★★★★ A · T2
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Common questions
How do I donate to The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society?
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Is The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 106914534RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1804 HOME RD NW, CALGARY, AB, T3B 1H1. Source.
What does The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary aims to prevent harm and neglect to all children and to build strong families through support services respite programs and a crisis nursery in and around Calgary. The programs offered by the Society are discussed below: The Crisis Nursery provides 24 hour / 365 day emergency…" Full program description.
How much of The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 78¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $10.7M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $10M–$100M revenue band, alongside 1,776 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary aims to prevent harm and neglect to all children and to build strong families through support services respite programs and a crisis nursery in and around Calgary. The programs offered by the Society are discussed below: The Crisis Nursery provides 24 hour / 365 day emergency care for newborns to children eight years of age for stays of up to 72 hours. Isolated families who require support in caring for their children during times of stress may come to the Society’s Crisis Nursery for help. The Nurturing Newborns Program provides respite and resource… Show more
The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary aims to prevent harm and neglect to all children and to build strong families through support services respite programs and a crisis nursery in and around Calgary. The programs offered by the Society are discussed below: The Crisis Nursery provides 24 hour / 365 day emergency care for newborns to children eight years of age for stays of up to 72 hours. Isolated families who require support in caring for their children during times of stress may come to the Society’s Crisis Nursery for help. The Nurturing Newborns Program provides respite and resource connections to parents of newborn to six-month-old infants who have no other means of assistance. Day Cares volunteer space subject to their availability and the intake staff at the Crisis Nursery connect struggling families who meet eligibility criteria to receive day time respite for one day at no cost. The Early Years Family Support Program is a program that provides home visitation support related to parenting education child development information and connecting parents to needed community resources. Families are referred by the Calgary Children’s Services program Alberta Vulnerable Infant Response Team (AVIRT). The Society operates the Calgary West Family Resource Network (FRN) as well as home visitation programs connected to Calgary West Okotoks and Cochrane FRN's. Each FRN consists of a collaboration of organizations that offer prevention and early intervention services and support to families with children from birth to age 17 and expectant parents. Brenda’s House is a shelter for families with children who are currently experiencing homelessness. Fourteen rooms are available to support homeless families along with a daily childcare program to support families’ to achieve their goals. Families are provided with resources to meet their goals for health well-being housing and development in order to leave the shelter into independent housing. The Home Links Program provides homeless families support to find and maintain housing. Families receive assistance in finding and securing affordable market housing and in obtaining furnishings and assistance to set up their housing. After being rehoused families are supported to address issues that have contributed to their homelessness and help them achieve goals and make changes that will prevent their return to homelessness and maintain their housing stability going forward.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
78¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 78¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size ($10M–$100M).
this charity 78¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
22%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($10M–$100M, 1,776): median 0.4 yr; 53% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$10.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)28%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
36%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
28%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
36%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
36%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $6.9M | 89¢ | 11% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $7.3M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.5 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $7.6M | 89¢ | 11% | 0.8 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $7.6M | 88¢ | 12% | 1.1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $12.7M | 80¢ | 20% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $10.7M | 78¢ | 22% | 0.8 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceGood
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
15 directors reported · 15 of 15at arm's length
- Reid, VickiDirectorarm's length
- Heard, JanicePast Presidentarm's length
- Robertson, Travis2nd Vice-Presidentarm's length
- Archer-Kuhn, BethSecretaryarm's length
- Baker, Tracy1st Vice Presidentarm's length
- Blais, SophieDirectorarm's length
- Dattani, DineshTreasurerarm's length
- Hayden, BradPresidentarm's length
- MacDonald, PatDirectorarm's length
- Stannard, JimDirectorarm's length
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- Jones, CandiceDirectorarm's length
- Slater, DeanDirectorarm's length
- Lee, ElicaDirectorarm's length
- Premyslova, AnnaDirectorarm's length
- Steenaerts, PeterDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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