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The Ripple Connection Support Centre

Charitable organizationCore health care·PO BOX 4807 · BARRHEAD, AB · T7N 1A6·BN 845914936RR0001

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Warm Your Heart Lunch - daily hot lunch program Monday to Friday for a members costs of $4.00/meal - Walking for Wellness ( Ripple Connection Walking Club) - Daily from 2-3pm - Programming consists of - Art Therapy Bingo Mental Health - Referral Services - Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm - cook talk - 10-12 Tuesdays and Thursday - Social Club Weds 5-8pm fun poker night in support of Brain Injury (no money or alcohol) - Daily Drop in Centre for members and non-members ( closed during restrictions periods) - Lending Library with a large selection of mental health books and resources as well as reg Show more

Warm Your Heart Lunch - daily hot lunch program Monday to Friday for a members costs of $4.00/meal - Walking for Wellness ( Ripple Connection Walking Club) - Daily from 2-3pm - Programming consists of - Art Therapy Bingo Mental Health - Referral Services - Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm - cook talk - 10-12 Tuesdays and Thursday - Social Club Weds 5-8pm fun poker night in support of Brain Injury (no money or alcohol) - Daily Drop in Centre for members and non-members ( closed during restrictions periods) - Lending Library with a large selection of mental health books and resources as well as regular books magazines and dvds. - Emergency crisis assistance. - Providing food to those in need

New programs

Caregiver Connection AIM: for friends and family of individuals to make connections through social networking and education Mental Health/Addiction education AIM: educate families and friends as well as caregivers of individuals with serious or persistent illnesses Outside education from addictions/mental health and Indigenous leaders.

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)

Per its F2024 T3010, 4¢ 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)

79%

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)

2.9 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)

$266K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

3%

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)

34%

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, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-12-31$149K35%3.4 yr
2020-12-31$292K59¢36%0.9 yr
2021-12-31$258K53¢47%0.6 yr
2022-12-31$239K60%2.6 yr
2023-12-31$227K81%4.5 yr
2024-12-31$266K79%2.9 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

9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length

  • McKort, KristiChairarm's length
  • Brietkreitz, DebbieTreasurerarm's length
  • Jackson, DonnaSecretaryarm's length
  • Hearn, DonnaBoard Memberarm's length
  • Assenheimer, CharleneChairarm's length
  • Gehring, LisaBoard Memberarm's length
  • Kunstleben, Margret (Peggy)Financial Controllerarm's length
  • Kamminga, StevenVice Chairarm's length
  • Kunstleben, Margret MExecutive Directorarm'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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