Our Purpose & Ambition

Purpose is enduring.

Our true purpose transcends leadership changes or board renewal. It stands strong against the impact of external trends and pressures, even when they arrive unexpectedly.

Our purpose is who we are at our very core.

Our Purpose:

GUIDING THE FIGHT AGAINST HOMELESSNESS

Calgary Homeless Foundation commits to guide the fight against homelessness.

We are uniquely positioned within the system of care to observe the many complicating factors that affect those faced with or experiencing homelessness.

Our broad line of sight gives us a deep understanding of the cause-and-effect dynamics of homelessness. This insight, delivered as an arm’s length advisor, enables us to inspire governments, service providers and our community to undertake a shared responsibility to maximize our collective impact in the fight against homelessness.

Our Purpose is why we exist as an organization.

We acknowledge, today, that homelessness may never disappear entirely, but our purpose endures — to guide governments and service providers in forming a backbone of integrated supports that enable people to journey out of homelessness. Fueled by our purpose, we envision the day when homelessness is rare, brief, and non-recurring — perhaps an episode in someone’s life, but never a condition that defines one’s life.

Our Ambition & Strategic Plan:

By 2025, we will be recognized as the authoritative guide on how governments, service providers and community leaders, in our community and beyond, can best leverage their combined resources and programs in a unified fight against homelessness.

To achieve our Ambition, we will execute our Strategic Plan.

Guiding the Fight Against Homelessness: Strategic Plan to 2025 is our strategy for achieving our Ambition to be recognized as the authoritative guide in conducting the unified fight against homelessness.

It identifies where we will focus our efforts, and the initiatives we will execute in the years ahead in pursuit of our Ambition.

Our Ambition is what we strive to achieve.

Our Strategic Plan is how we will achieve our Ambition.

We believe that by aiming high—by setting out to establish our organization as the authoritative voice in our community about the complex issues of homelessness and the best strategies to address them—we will inspire in our Board and Staff the kind of behaviour and commitment needed to fulfill our purpose of guiding the fight against homelessness