Ability Society of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 892127333RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,325,134) as filed with the CRA.
Ability Society of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 March 31, 2021, it reported $3M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $97.
Compared with 685 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Programs including information training and access to technology to support children and adults with special needs; building community and social change through volunteerism; operating a seniors home and retail store to further build a caring community and support those with special needs in the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3M | $3.3M | $2.7M | — | $15K | $0 |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.9M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $97 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Doug Marlin (director); Jon Ouellette (director and chair); Deborah Toole (director); Jerilyn Wright (director); Joseph Moreau (director); Evelyn Ackah (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ability Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892127333RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.