Alberta Adaptabilities Association
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 848903944RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,758,123) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Adaptabilities Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $7.8M in revenue and $7.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $179K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 90 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To be the leading provider of the highest-quality enhanced respite care across alberta. Provides families with special needs children and youths a variety of quality respite programming that targets the development of the whole individual. The programs offered by alberta adaptabilities association are as follows: community connect social nights and weekend respite high school transition out of school in home and hearts in action camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.8M | $7.8M | $6.3M | $36K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $6.7M | $5.1M | $37K | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $6.2M | $6.2M | $4.8M | $9,975 | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $4.9M | $4.1M | $793 | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $6.8M | $6.8M | $5.9M | $73K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $179K from 17 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$45K
- Children's Ability Fund$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation$11K
- Chadi Family Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$6,101
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$2,742
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,187
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,404
- Canadian Progress Club Childrens Charitable Society (northern Alberta)$750
- Totem Charitable Foundation$750
- ATCO Electric Epic$50
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions90
- Total compensation, all staff$6.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Sarah Prendergast (director president treasurer); Stephen Siu (secretary); Henrietta Becker (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Adaptabilities Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848903944RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.