Alberni Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Service
Publicly funded institution · Port Alberni, British Columbia · BN 119096352RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,053,952) as filed with the CRA.
Alberni Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Service is a charitable organization based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, 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, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $115K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $360K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Reducing and preventing substance misuse. Youth and family substance use counselling. Support and counsel youth who are experiencing harmful and risky substance use youth who are affected by a loved one's substance use or who are at risk of misuse. Provide community education prevention and treatment that addresses the harmful effects of substance abuse. Challenging elementary experience adaps sits at the harm reduction roundtable for youth services providers building capacity to support youth who are present with high risk profiles. Adaps chairs the pa community action team to address the…
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 | $1M | — | — | $465K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $961K | $905K | — | — | $428K |
| 2022 | $785K | $699K | $48K | — | — | $331K |
| 2021 | $662K | $585K | $506K | — | — | $235K |
| 2020 | $360K | $299K | $284K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $115K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$779K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brent Ronning (chair); Heather Thomson (vice-chair); Mary Ann Gillis (director); Christina Proteau (director); Bonnie Ruttan (director); Liz Mann (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberni Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Service’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119096352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.