Fear Is Not Love Society

500-1509 Centre St SW
Calgary, AB T2G 2E6
CEO: Kim Ruse
Board President: Shelly Norris

Charitable Reg. #:12988 3443 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 5/5]

✔+

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.

n/r

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.

83%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 83 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Fear Is Not Love Society:

Fear Is Not Love Society, formerly known as Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, is a 5-star charity. It is financially transparent and has reasonable overhead costs and an above-average results reporting grade. Charity Intelligence has not yet accessed its demonstrated impact per dollar spent.

Founded in 1974, Fear Is Not Love Society (FearIsNotLove), formerly known as Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, works to end family violence and abuse. It states that half of all women will experience physical or sexual violence, and in Canada, a woman is killed by her intimate partner every six days. Fear Is Not Love Society offers programs to help women and their families prevent, escape, or recover from abuse.

The charity’s three largest programs are Emergency Shelter, Community Services Counselling and Outreach, and Healthy Relationships.

Emergency Shelter - 52% of program costs ($5.1m): FearIsNotLove offers a 50-bed facility to house women and children escaping abuse. Shelter clients receive food, clothing, counseling, and support with long-term housing searches. The shelter housed 200 women and 286 children in F2023, compared to 307 women and 417 children in F2022.

Community Services Counselling and Outreach - 23% of program costs ($2.3m): This program helps women who are unable to or choose not to enter the Emergency Shelter. In F2023, 772 adults accessed these services. 

Healthy Relationships - 12% of program costs ($1.2m): This is a prevention-based program for young clients to discuss issues relating to family violence, unhealthy relationships, and abusive behaviour. The program relies on referrals by teachers and school guidance counselors. In F2023, 253 youths participated in the program, compared to 233 youths in F2022.

The remaining 13% of program spending went to other programs, including Men's Counselling; Child, Youth, and Family Support; and Take A Stand. Men's Counselling helps men who are concerned that their anger and abusive behaviors are negatively impacting their family members. In F2023, this service helped 415 adults and 109 partners. Child, Youth, and Family Support provides counseling to children, youth and their family members who have experienced family violence and abuse. 65 children and 70 parents participated in the program in F2023. 

 

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Results and Impact

In F2023, Fear Is Not Love Society reported that 100% of women who accessed the emergency shelter felt safe from their abuser. 95% of women served through Community Services, Counselling, and Outreach report they have learned how to keep themselves safe. 90% of youth who participated in Healthy Relationships report that they have learned skills to build healthy relationships through the program. 77% of men who participated in Men's Counselling report that they are able to handle conflict and stress in a way that is respectful towards their partner. 93% of parents have seen positive changes in their children as a result of the support they received from the Child, Youth & Family program.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Fear Is Not Love’s results and impact.

The charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).

 

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Finances

In F2023, Fear Is Not Love Society received $6.6m in donations and special event revenues. Administrative costs are 10% of revenues (less investment income), and fundraising costs are 8% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 17%. For each dollar donated, 83 cents go to the cause. This is within Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending. 

FearIsNotLove has $4.8m in reserve funds, of which $576k is donor endowed. Excluding donor-endowed funds, the charity could cover 44% or around five months of its annual program costs with its reserves.

This is a charity update that has been sent to Fear Is Not Love Society. Changes and edits may be forthcoming. 

Updated on August 10, 2023 by Krystie Nguyen.

 

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending March
202320222021
Administrative costs as % of revenues 10.0%8.1%4.5%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 7.5%7.6%4.8%
Total overhead spending 17.5%15.7%9.3%
Program cost coverage (%) 42.7%62.0%60.8%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202320222021
Donations 4,5834,8876,542
Government funding 3,6323,9695,113
Special events 2,0671,6141,081
Investment income 1362228
Other income 582
Total revenues 10,42310,50012,766
Program costs 9,8638,5537,895
Administrative costs 1,024849568
Fundraising costs 499495369
Other costs 917059
Total spending 11,4769,9668,891
Cash flow from operations (1,053)5343,875
Capital spending 119213252
Funding reserves 4,7735,8625,359

Note: Ci adjusted for deferred donations, deferred fundraising revenues, and deferred capital contributions, affecting revenues by ($695k) in F2023, ($431k) in F2022, and $873k in F2021. Ci adjusted for deferred government funding, affecting revenues by $195k in F2023, $120k in F2022, and ($47k) in F2021. Ci reported fundraising costs from note 11 of the audited financial statements and backed out the difference from program costs.  

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 82

Avg. compensation: $56,830

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
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$300k - $350k
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$200k - $250k
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$160k - $200k
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$80k - $120k
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$40k - $80k
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022

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Comments & Contact

Comments added by the Charity:

 

Fear Is Not Love Society added the following comment to the 2023 profile:

Life-changing conversations begin here.

FearIsNotLove supports individuals, families and communities to live free from domestic violence and abuse. We offer free innovative programs and services for any person experiencing domestic violence and abuse. Regardless of who a person is, where they came from, who they love, or how they identify themselves, every person (and the people they care about) deserve to live without fear impacting close relationships.

Our approach is judgement-free. We can help if: you have been abused or know someone who has been abused, or are concerned that you have hurt someone else and want to change.

Programs and Services:

  • Connect Domestic Violence and Abuse Helpline
  • Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter
  • Child, Youth and Family Therapy Program
  • Court Program
  • Community Services Counselling Program
  • Healthy Relationships Program
  • Men’s Counselling Service
  • Take a Stand Initiative

For more information: www.fearisnotlove.ca

Charity Contact

Website: www.fearisnotlove.ca
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 403-290-1552

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