Fear Is Not Love Society
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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.
Average
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 is a 5-star, financially transparent charity with an Average impact rating and an excellent A results reporting grade. Its reserves can cover just under four months of its program spending (a reasonable amount), and it has 17% overhead spending. For every dollar donated, 83 cents are available to go to the cause.
Founded in 1974 and operating in Calgary, Fear Is Not Love Society (FINL) aims to eliminate domestic and partner violence by helping victims of abuse. The charity runs a women’s shelter, counselling services, systems navigation support, group therapy, and legal referrals to those in need. According to the charity, in Calgary, there were 5,161 reported domestic violent crimes during 2023, and Calgary’s police received 23,890 relevant domestic incident calls in the same year.
FINL runs six main programs: Women’s Emergency Shelter; Community Services, Counselling, and Outreach; Men’s Counselling; Child, Youth, & Family Therapy; Men’s Digital Strategy; and Healthy Relationships. It also runs a number of smaller programs including Indigenous Initiatives, Response Based Capacity Building, and Court Program. It spent $10.5m on its programs and helped 19,166 people in the March 2025 fiscal year (F2025).
Women’s Emergency Shelter was 47% of FINL’s program spending and is a 50 bed shelter for women and children experiencing abuse. According to the charity, this shelter provides food, clothing, and toiletries to those housed. In F2025, FINL reported that 376 people (166 women and 210 children) lived at its shelter (541 people in F2024). FINL also answered 15,933 calls from those looking to enter into its shelter. The charity did not report common shelter metrics such as occupancy rate, average length of stay, or nights of shelter at the time of this profile update.
Community Services, Counselling, and Outreach was 17% of FINL’s program spending. In F2025, FINL’s counsellors helped 755 people (722 in F2024). Its counselling sessions reportedly help attendees navigate community resources and develop parenting skills. FINL did not report the number of counselling sessions or hours of counselling provided at the time of this profile update.
Men’s Counselling was 11% of FINL’s program spending. In this program, counsellors help men identify and work on abuse behavioural patterns. In F2025, 418 people accessed counselling services (352 in F2024).
Child, Youth, & Family Therapy Program was 8% of FINL’s program spending. This program involves group family counselling where attendees learn communication and relationship building skills. In F2025, 75 people (32 children and 43 parents) attended group therapy (91 people in F2024).
Men’s Digital Strategy was 6% of FINL’s program spending. The charity offers online resources to men suffering from mental health challenges. In F2025, 270 men used this resource.
Health Relationships was 5% of FINL's program spending. The charity gives relationship skills building presentations to students at Calgary's public schools. 534 youths attended these presentations in F2025.
Other programs were 6% of FINL’s program spending and include Indigenous Initiatives, Court Program, and Response Based Capacity Building. FINL provided referrals to 353 people, and 33 people (7 women and 26 men) attended counselling sessions tailored to the needs of Indigenous people.
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Results and Impact
FINL publishes an annual client survey covering client-perceived program results. These are the highlights of its F2025 client survey with sample sizes:
100% of women who accessed FINL’s emergency shelter felt safe from their abuser while being sheltered (n=376)
98% of clients who received counselling have learned new steps needed to enhance their personal safety (n=755)
78% of men who received counselling services feel they can handle conflict and stress in a way that is respectful towards their partner (n=418)
100% of parents who attended group therapy report that their child’s sense of safety increased as a result of FINL’s therapy sessions (n=85)
92% of men who used FINL’s online resources feel they have a better level of respect, kindness, and humility for their family (n=270)
97% of Court Program participants report a better understanding of their legal options (n=353)
While Charity Intelligence (Ci) highlights these key results, they may not fully represent Fear Is Not Love Society’s results and impact.
Ci has given Fear Is Not Love Society an Average impact rating based on its demonstrated social impact per dollar spent.
Impact Rating: Average
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Finances
Fear Is Not Love Society follows line-item costing. This means it does not clearly report its program, administrative, and fundraising expenses on its audited financial statements, which is not a best practice.
In F2025, FINL received $6.9m in donations and revenue raised from fundraising events (56% of total revenue) and $5.4m in government funding (43% of revenue).
Administrative costs were 9% of total revenue less investment income and fundraising costs are 8% of donations. Its 17% overhead spending means that for every dollar donated, 83 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.
FINL spent $10.5m on its programs in F2025 – a similar amount compared to F2024 ($10.5m). At the end of F2025, FINL had $3.8m of reserve funds (cash and investments). This amount includes $576k of donor-endowed funds. Excluding these funds, its reserves can cover around four months of its annual program spending.
Profile updated by Julian Dranitsaris on July 9, 2025. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.
Questions? Contact jdranitsaris@charityintelligence.ca
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
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2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 8.9% | 10.1% | 10.0% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 8.2% | 7.7% | 11.7% |
| Total overhead spending | 17.1% | 17.8% | 21.7% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 30.9% | 32.8% | 43.9% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 5,105 | 5,413 | 4,489 |
| Government funding | 5,357 | 4,362 | 3,632 |
| Special events | 1,821 | 1,885 | 2,067 |
| Investment income | 120 | 188 | 136 |
| Other income | (41) | (131) | 34 |
| Total revenues | 12,363 | 11,718 | 10,359 |
| Program costs | 10,540 | 10,483 | 9,594 |
| Administrative costs | 1,093 | 1,168 | 1,024 |
| Fundraising costs | 568 | 559 | 767 |
| Other costs | 87 | 88 | 91 |
| Total spending | 12,288 | 12,299 | 11,476 |
| Cash flow from operations | 75 | (580) | (1,117) |
| Capital spending | 164 | 250 | 119 |
| Funding reserves | 3,824 | 4,009 | 4,773 |
Note: 1. LINE-ITEM COSTING: Since FINL follows line-item costing, Ci referred to its T3010 filings with the CRA when available to help report program, administrative, and fundraising activities. 2. DEFERRED DONATIONS: Since FINL uses 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 $99k in F2025, $183k in F2024, and ($591k) in F2023. 3. DEFERRED GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Ci adjusted government funding for changes in deferred government grants, affecting total revenue by $164k in F2025, $120k in F2024, and $195k in F2023. 4. DEFERRED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Ci adjusted other revenue for changes in deferred funding restricted for the purchase of capital assets, affecting total revenue by ($156k) in F2025, ($30k) in F2024, and ($104k) in F2023. 5. DEFERRED RENTAL INCOME: Ci adjusted other income for deferred rent, affecting total revenue by ($105k) in F2025, ($105k) in F2024, and ($64k) in F2023.
Salary Information
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Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2024
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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:
For more information: www.fearisnotlove.ca
Charity Contact
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