Ability Resource Association
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 107883985RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,566,669) as filed with the CRA.
Ability Resource Association is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $268.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 47 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Ability Resource Association provides supports to people with developmental disabilities to facilitate individual growth access opportunities and promote inclusion in the community. The association also provides employment training and supports to people with developmental disabilities and other barriers to employment and assists them in finding meaningful employment. The program includes readiness workshops job-specific skill development work experience and/or volunteer placements leading to employment. matching to jobs available in the community and on-the-job support. A third program i…
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 | $3M | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | — | — | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | — | — | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $6.7M | $6.5M | $2.7M | — | — | $4.9M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $6.9M | $4.3M | — | — | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $268 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions47
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cameron Gaboury (chair); Shannon Seitz (vice chair); Neil Thomas (member); Linda Canniff (member); Geoff Stanich (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ability Resource Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107883985RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.