Abc Head Start Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 137044962RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,601,742) as filed with the CRA.
Abc Head Start Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $350K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 69 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Early learning programs for children with comprehensive family support
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $6.5M | $79K | — | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.2M | $5.7M | $47K | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $7.5M | $5.4M | $43K | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $7.5M | $5.9M | $24K | — | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $8.7M | $6.8M | $5.3M | $66K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $350K from 12 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$108K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$68K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Malcolm J. Jenkins Family Foundation Incorporated$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,904
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$5,000
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$5,000
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,953
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$360
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$300
- ATCO Electric Epic$208
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions69
- Total compensation, all staff$5.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rita Melo (director); Ajit Saley (treasurer); Surabhi Dave (director); Morgan Davis (director); Michelle Luong (director); Wes Patterson (chair); Nicole Pepin (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Abc Head Start Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137044962RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.