Lil E Coffee Café (Calgary)
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·140 - 140 4 AVE SW · CALGARY, AB · T2P 3N3·BN 700972086RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
All of Lil E Coffee Cafe front line employees are people with Down Syndrome or are on the Autism spectrum with the exception of the General Manager and three more employees. Lil E Coffee Cafe's purpose is to provide the employees with a working skill set that should provide them with new employment opportunities in the future. At the end of 2024 Lil E Coffee Cafe employed 31 employees with 27 employees being trained to obtain a suitable skill set working environment.
New programs
No new stores or programs were started during 2024. A new store for Edmonton as well as a second store in Calgary continue to be in the planning stages. Additional locations in other Canadian cities are also being explored.
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)90¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 90¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)9%
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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.1 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$888K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)29%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)0%
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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2020–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | $80K | 89¢ | 11% | 6 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $354K | 70¢ | 27% | 0.7 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $361K | 79¢ | 16% | 0.4 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $882K | 92¢ | 5% | 0.1 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $888K | 90¢ | 9% | 0.1 yr |
| trend |
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 ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
Board of directors
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- Constance, PaulDirectorarm's length
- Pettigrew, JustinDirectorarm's length
- Slater, CurtisDirectorarm's length
- Kelly, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Amador, DanielDirectorarm's length
- Popp, AlisonDirectorarm's length
- Irwin, ScottDirectorarm's length
- Milne, BrianDirectorarm'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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