Alberta Association For Better Communities
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 860325323RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($180,506) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Association For Better Communities is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $220K in revenue and $181K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $30K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $135K in 2020 to $220K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Our facilities and programs are designed to bring understanding and truth to an individual to realizing the completion of their journey to wholeness and well being. Our model of approaching mental wellness recovery is to unearth the root causes taking a holistic whole-life approach to change and acknowledging the profound opportunity that healing provides in a person’s life to rediscover their true self.? Our community focused model helps to heal the mind guide the heart connect to the soul and build discovery of self. Through a root cause approach to healing trauma recovery is possible…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $181K | $149K | $0 | $0 | $45K |
| 2023 | $160K | $164K | $122K | $0 | $0 | $12K |
| 2022 | $147K | $128K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $115K | $132K | $121K | $187 | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | $135K | $52K | $28K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $30K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sue Snow (chair); Wanda Rowe (treasurer); Liana Gilmour; Hillary Hassen; Tyler Williscroft (director); Ryan Snow (co-founder/program advisor); Sunley Brandi (director); Arwen Ferriere; Kathy Soltys.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Association For Better Communities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860325323RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.