Action Dignity Society
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·915 33 STREET NE · CALGARY, AB · T2A 6T2·BN 897859609RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
LEAD (Leadership Engagement Action & Development) for Change 2: promotes racial equity & inclusion in public systems & policies & address systemic inequitiesin public institutions government & service eco-systems to enhance full economic social and civic participationof racialized people. Collaboration and Commitment towards Racial Equity (CORE): The project aims to support strengthen and sustain communities to build the necessary civic infrastructure to confront and dismantle racism in Calgary. Youth PLACE 2: ActionDignity seeks to combine the BLACK program with its Youth P.L.A.C.E 2 (… Show more
LEAD (Leadership Engagement Action & Development) for Change 2: promotes racial equity & inclusion in public systems & policies & address systemic inequitiesin public institutions government & service eco-systems to enhance full economic social and civic participationof racialized people. Collaboration and Commitment towards Racial Equity (CORE): The project aims to support strengthen and sustain communities to build the necessary civic infrastructure to confront and dismantle racism in Calgary. Youth PLACE 2: ActionDignity seeks to combine the BLACK program with its Youth P.L.A.C.E 2 (Platform for Learning Action and Civic Engagement) to deliver leadership skills development activities to Black and Racialized youth. BLACK (Becoming Leaders Acquiring Critical Knowledge) Youth Project: A collaborative project for Black youth in Calgary the BLACK Project infuses arts in its work & focuses on personal growth & development beyond school. BRAVE Workers 2 (BW2) project aims at empowering racialized essential workers on their rights and improving workplace safety through community engagement and transformative systems change and policy advocacy. PROJECT WEAVE: Addressing systemic barriers to mental health and well-being among racialized community members in Calgary.
New programs
Women's Program: ActionDignity will build capacity of several grassroots community organizations to advance gender equality. Building Connected Communities: the ABCD approach focuses on community strengths to better equip Calgarians to create local opportunities and to meet their shared objective in their communities. Cultural Heritage Initiatives Program: This program is preserving and sharing the cultural heritage of Indigenous and ethnocultural communities across Alberta. Women Engagement and Empowerment Project (WEE): Building the capacity of an organization or community involves strengthe… Show more
Women's Program: ActionDignity will build capacity of several grassroots community organizations to advance gender equality. Building Connected Communities: the ABCD approach focuses on community strengths to better equip Calgarians to create local opportunities and to meet their shared objective in their communities. Cultural Heritage Initiatives Program: This program is preserving and sharing the cultural heritage of Indigenous and ethnocultural communities across Alberta. Women Engagement and Empowerment Project (WEE): Building the capacity of an organization or community involves strengthening the resources capabilities knowledge of a group with the end goal of strengthening that group’s ability to achieve its mission and vision and increase its measurable impact
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)75¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 75¢ 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)25%
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)0.4 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)$2.5M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
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)29%
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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $1.4M | 69¢ | 31% | 1.1 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $1.7M | 71¢ | 29% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $2.2M | 74¢ | 26% | 0.1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $2.5M | 76¢ | 24% | 0.3 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.8M | 95¢ | 5% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $2.5M | 75¢ | 25% | 0.4 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)
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- NAKAO, HIROKOCHAIRarm's length
- SULTAN, ARSAIMACHAIRarm's length
- SAYSON, ASHLEYSECRETARYarm's length
- BISSOU, ERNESTINETREASURERarm's length
- SANKARAN, RAMDIRECTORarm's length
- KHAN, MAIMUNADIRECTORarm's length
- CHOWDHURY, TURINDIRECTORarm's length
- YU, MARGARETVice Chairarm's length
- ALAM, TANVIRDIRECTORarm's length
- Alcaraz, NellieDirectorarm's length
- Yuen, WendyDirectorarm'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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