Nonprofit Organizations in Calgary

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. We offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text- based support to young people in both English and French. Kids can reach us by phone, text, mobile app and through our website whenever and wherever they want.  

The JA Southern Alberta charter was launched in 1960 as Junior Achievement, and is a member of JA Canada. It has grown into an organization that operates through 6 offices across southern Alberta, reaching 31,000 students in grades 3-12 every year. With the help of local school boards, companies dedicated to youth success, multiple Rural Leadership Councils, and a committed board, we are positioned to grow even further. Junior Achievement is the link between education and the business world, giving youth the confidence and knowledge they need to define personal success, enhance their workforce readiness and pursue their dreams and aspirations.

Many women are looking for self-identity, self-confidence, and wholeness. Our ministry is those women because we believe that every woman is complete in who she is in Christ Jesus no matter what society says. She is a woman who lacks nothing and has nothing missing - simply put "she is an All Woman!"

JunioTech Youth Development Society (JYDS) is the non profit organization based in Calgary.  Our mission is to create more opportunities and exposure to robotics and coding for students of all ages in Calgary area. Led by Robotics Champions of Alberta, JYDS regularly organizes free Hackathons and educational events for students. YYC kids interested in learning more are invited to join highly popular JunioTech Kids Academy 12 week classes (www.juiniotech.com) that give them necessary skills to participate in programming competitions, organized by leading world renown tech universities and JunioTech. It comes at no surprise that JunioTech lead instructors are highly qualified, come with the teaching experience from highly ranked Universities such as UBC and Princeton.

Emma House is a non-profit in Calgary that provides programmed housing to pregnant women and youth who are experiencing homelessness. In 2018 alone, there were close to 3000 Calgarians experiencing homelessness. Emma House is proud to be 1 of 3 organizations in Calgary that work primarily with homeless pregnant women and youth.   At Emma House, we provide our residents with a safe family-like environment, 24/7 trauma-informed care, life skills training, nutritional food, all basic necessities for our moms and babies, as well as comprehensive wrap around services. Over the years, Emma House has helped over 170 women and their babies move out of vulnerability and into healthy and sustainable lives in community. Emma House Mission Our mission is to provide housing and support for pregnant women and youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness; empowering them to move out of vulnerability and into a healthy and sustainable life for them and their child.   Emma House Vision Healthy moms and babies living in community

P.L.A.Y.(Parents Looking after Youth) Community Child Development Centre (P.L.A.Y.) was established to provide high-quality childcare services for children from birth to six (6) years of age. We are a not-for-profit childcare centre that is spiritually, emotionally and physically rich; and inclusive of all regardless of economic status, gender, ability, race or age. Our goal is to create a standard of excellence in childcare, providing programs that meet the diverse needs of the community. OUR HISTORY P.L.A.Y. was established by parents in 1973. It was funded by a local incentive grant to provide quality care for children in the Hillhurst-Sunnyside area. OUR PHILOSOPHY Our philosophy is to provide an environment that is safe, secure and supportive of children’s developmental needs. We believe in providing a positive, nurturing environment that will encourage creativity, intellectual curiosity, social interactions, self-help skills, physical activity and emotional development for children. We provide age-appropriate programming that meets the developmental needs of the children. WHO YOU ARE: Due to our size, working at PLAY is like joining a family. Our team is close-knit, and our parent community is made up of families who have been at PLAY for several years. Finding a volunteer who is the right fit and shares our values is extremely important to us. This means that you'll need to be: flexible, open-minded, hard-working, take initiative, and enjoy working in a small team.

Buchanan School is an inner-city elementary school. Our Parent Society engages in fundraising such as casinos to help purchase modern technology equipment for classrooms, library resources, and subsidizes field trips so that all students are able to participate, regardless of socio-economic status.

Handsome Alice is an independent theatre company supporting women’s perspectives through creative narratives that fuse life with art. We are a catalyst for activating diverse voices through performances and events that empower both artists and the community.

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Your city, your races. Run Calgary partners with our city's most beloved institutions showcasing beloved organizations, spaces and causes  through exceptional events. Create lasting memories and new traditions when you sign up for, train and participate in any of our annual events.

Valour Canada is a not-for-profit organization that educates young Canadians about our shared military heritage by developing and providing learning opportunities designed to foster a deeper understanding of who we are as individuals, citizens, and as a nation. Engaging, responsive, dynamic, meaningful, and transformative, are all words that describe our pedagogical practice, and alongside our stakeholders we continuously aim to integrate these aspects with our programming.

Open Arms Patient Advocacy Society is an unbiased organization providing free patient support services in Alberta. We are a group of compassionate volunteers who share a common goal: achieving the best possible care for all patients.