MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·6516 1A ST SW · CALGARY, AB · T2H 0G6·BN 889609897RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
81¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
19%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.7 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$1.2M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 889609897RR0001. 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 Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 6516 1A ST SW, CALGARY, AB, T2H 0G6. Source.
What does Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Dress for Success: This program entails individual consultations on professional business attire to women facing financial barriers who want to join the work force return to school or engage in volunteer opportunities. In addition to information and workshops on business culture and appropriate dress participants…" Full program description.
How much of Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 81¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $1.2M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Dress for Success: This program entails individual consultations on professional business attire to women facing financial barriers who want to join the work force return to school or engage in volunteer opportunities. In addition to information and workshops on business culture and appropriate dress participants are offered gently used clothing and accessories at no cost to help them look and feel their best. Employment & Life Skills Program: This program offers a series of workshops that help immigrant women plan and prepare for their future in Canada. The training provided in this pro… Show more
Dress for Success: This program entails individual consultations on professional business attire to women facing financial barriers who want to join the work force return to school or engage in volunteer opportunities. In addition to information and workshops on business culture and appropriate dress participants are offered gently used clothing and accessories at no cost to help them look and feel their best. Employment & Life Skills Program: This program offers a series of workshops that help immigrant women plan and prepare for their future in Canada. The training provided in this program builds confidence and skills in the areas of career planning communication Canadian business culture and accessing community resources. This includes: Effective Resume Writing Interviewing Skills Online and Off-line Networking Canadian Business Culture Personality Dimensions Career Planning and Innovative Job Search. My Best Friends Closet Program: My Best Friend’s Closet provides teenage girls from low-income households with clothing and accessories to meet their school and recreational needs as well as valuable leadership and personal development opportunities —all at no cost to their families Women in Technology Program: The Women in Technology Program is a free integrated skills training program that combines employability skills upgrading technical training (in the field of web development) and hands-on work experience to produce employment outcomes for immigrant and aboriginal women in Calgary. Qualified instructors will deliver Web Development Training. Including but not limited to: HTML CSS Python JavaScript and SQL.
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.
81¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 81¢ 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; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 81¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
19%
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
0.7 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 ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% 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)$1.2M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)18%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
17%
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
18%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
17%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
65%
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 | $1.0M | 86¢ | 14% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $1.0M | 90¢ | 10% | 0.5 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.1M | 80¢ | 20% | 1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.2M | 82¢ | 18% | 0.9 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.2M | 83¢ | 17% | 0.8 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $1.2M | 81¢ | 19% | 0.7 yr |
| trend |
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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 ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
14 directors reported · 14 of 14at arm's length
- Athwal, AydenDirectorarm's length
- Barnett, GillianSecretaryarm's length
- Humphry, BrittanyBoard Chairarm's length
- Maruyama, MaikoDirectorarm's length
- Purdy, ColleenTreasurerarm's length
- Haug, Kara LDirectorarm's length
- Davidson, TerraDirectorarm's length
- Dorscher, ReannaVice-Chairarm's length
- Tedham, AshleyDirectorarm's length
- Cameron, CindyDirectorarm's length
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- Sharma-Moore, TanyaDirectorarm's length
- Nanji, ShairaDirectorarm's length
- James, LoriExecutive Directorarm's length
- Fretwell, LianneDirectorarm'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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