RESET Society of Calgary
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
A+
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
High
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
79%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 79 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About RESET Society of Calgary:
RESET Society of Calgary is a 5-star, financially transparent charity with a High impact rating and an above-average A+ results reporting grade. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s range, and its reserve funds could cover annual program costs for just over a year and a half.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 100 Rated Charity.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top Canadian Impact Charity.
Founded in 1989, RESET Society of Calgary (RESET) provides comprehensive support to women and children victims of sex trafficking through its 12-month Exploitation Intervention & Transition (EXIT) program. In this program, clients are first referred to the charity’s i-EXIT emergency shelter by friends, police officers, and social workers. At its shelter, clients receive meals, detox services, and other stabilization services. After 30 days, clients move to RESET’s supportive housing apartments while attending counselling, job training, and trauma recovery classes. Clients reportedly receive continuous one-on-one case management support and personalized employment skills training plans while in this program. RESET spent $1.3m on the EXIT program in the March 2025 fiscal year (F2025).
EXIT is RESET’s only program and includes its emergency shelter, transitional housing, and life skills and trauma recovery programming. In F2025, RESET reports serving 70 women through i-EXIT, 43 women through supportive housing, and 31 women through community supports for long-term healing. It also reports providing over 9,500 safe nights to women and children.
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Results and Impact
RESET Society of Calgary reported that its EXIT program generated a social return on investment (SROI) of $13.41 per dollar invested in F2024 (the most recent data available at the time of this update).
One year after completing the program, 25% of participants reported maintaining sobriety, while 95% indicated they were housed. Mental health improvements were reported by 72% of participants. At the 12-month follow-up, 42% were employed in mainstream work (16% full-time and 26% part-time), and 30% were participating in education programs (15% full-time and 15% part-time).
Since RESET spent $1.6m cash on its operations and served a total of 144 people through its EXIT programming, it spent an average of $10,798 per unique client.
While Charity Intelligence (Ci) highlights these results, this may not completely represent RESET Calgary's results and impact.
Ci has given RESET Calgary a High impact rating based on demonstrated impact per dollar spent.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top Canadian Impact Charity.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 5 Impact: Calgary Charities.
A Charity Intelligence 2025 Top 5 Impact Charity: Homeless Sector
Impact Rating: High
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Finances
RESET Society of Calgary’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a financial reporting best practice.
In F2025, RESET received $820k in donations and special events revenue (41% of total revenue) and $1.1m in government funding (54% of revenue).
RESET spent $1.3m (66% of total revenue) on its programs in F2025, running a surplus of $371k (19% of total revenue).
Administrative costs were $230k (12% of revenue less investment income) and fundraising costs were $74k (9% of donations). Its overhead spending is 21%, meaning that for every dollar donated, 79 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
At the end of F2025, RESET had $2.0m in reserve funds. These reserves could cover approximately one year and six months of its annual program spending.
Profile updated on June 12, 2026 by Ava Anderson. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 11.6% | 17.7% | 14.5% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 9.0% | 7.6% | 5.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 20.6% | 25.3% | 19.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 154.2% | 151.4% | 204.6% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 622,209 | 491,600 | 630,679 |
| Government funding | 1,082,282 | 606,365 | 452,040 |
| Business activities (net) | 81,694 | 93,468 | 101,427 |
| Special events | 197,452 | 233,668 | 246,890 |
| Investment income | 6,847 | 53,896 | 65,327 |
| Other income | (522) | 2,491 | 8,005 |
| Total revenues | 1,989,962 | 1,481,488 | 1,504,368 |
| Program costs | 1,315,052 | 1,155,456 | 1,132,641 |
| Administrative costs | 229,934 | 252,880 | 208,967 |
| Fundraising costs | 73,934 | 54,862 | 45,391 |
| Total spending | 1,618,920 | 1,463,198 | 1,386,999 |
| Cash flow from operations | 371,042 | 18,290 | 117,369 |
| Capital spending | 5,957 | 519,443 | 8,977 |
| Funding reserves | 2,028,417 | 1,749,504 | 2,317,587 |
Note: 1. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Since RESET follows line-item costing, Ci referred to its T3010 filings with the CRA to help report program, administrative, and fundraising activities. 2. DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since RESET follows deferred accounting, Ci adjusted donations for changes in deferred contributions to show donors the year-to-year movement of cash within the charity. This affected total revenue by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($103k) in F2023. 3. DEFERRED GOVERNMENT GRANTS: Ci adjusted government funding for changes in deferred government grants, affecting total revenue by $113k in F2025, $49k in F2024, and $135k in F2023. 4. DEFERRED RENTAL INCOME: Ci adjusted business activities for changes in deferred rental income, affecting total revenue by ($2k) in F2025, ($11k) in F2024, and ($2k) in F2023. 5. GRANTS RECEIVABLE: Ci adjusted revenue for changes in grants receivable, affecting it by $191k in F2025, ($50k) in F2024, and ($127k) in F2023. 6. DEFERRED OTHER INCOME: Ci adjusted revenue for changes in deferred other income, affecting total revenue by $1k in F2025, ($2k) in F2024, and ($3k) in F2023. 7. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted deferred contributions restricted for the purchase of capital assets, affecting total revenue by ($1k) in F2025, ($1k) in F2024, and ($1k) in F2023. 8. UNREALIZED INVESTMENT GAIN (LOSS): Ci adjusted investment income for unrealized gains and losses, affecting total revenue by ($48k) in F2025, ($21k) in F2024, and $29k in F2023. 9. DEFERRED SCHOLARSHIP REVENUE: Ci adjusted for changes in deferred scholarship revenue, affecting revenue by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($1k) in F2023. 10. DEFERRED CASINO REVENUE: Ci adjusted for changes in deferred casino revenue, affecting revenue by $nil in F2025, $nil in F2024, and ($4k) in F2023.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
1 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
2 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2025
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