Aboriginal Counseling Services Association of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 893168161RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,057,229) as filed with the CRA.
Aboriginal Counseling Services Association of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,957.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The agency operates a counselling consultation service to the aboriginal community. These programs are provided with the support of the city provincial and federal funding. The agency does not award grants and does not utilize it's charitable status (minor donations received) unless it is seeking grant funding from government agencies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $902K | — | — | $157K |
| 2023 | $855K | $836K | $730K | — | — | $161K |
| 2022 | $815K | $817K | $657K | — | — | $143K |
| 2021 | $886K | $869K | $671K | — | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $897K | — | — | $127K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,957 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,957
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$792K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janet Sue Hamilton (president); Fiona Angus (treasurer); Linda Fleury (secretary); Roma Cunningham (vice president); Gwendolyn Villebrun (director); Michael Hoyt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aboriginal Counseling Services Association of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893168161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.