Alberta Dreams Foundation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 129988275RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($786,347) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Dreams Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $617K in revenue and $786K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $381K in 2020 to $617K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The alberta dreams foundation is a not-for-profit society dedicated to fulfilling wishes of alberta children with chronic or life threatening illnesses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $617K | $786K | $602K | $101K | — | $645K |
| 2023 | $572K | $751K | $592K | $76K | — | $814K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $538K | $360K | $98K | — | $993K |
| 2021 | $390K | $342K | $292K | $22K | — | $450K |
| 2020 | $381K | $316K | $185K | $28K | — | $402K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $61K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,835
- The Calgary Foundation$3,130
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,043
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,040
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$737
- ST Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate School Division$652
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$159
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$23
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$343K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Campbell (president); Munish Mehta (director); Shelley Hayashi (director); Kevin Berger (director); Kimberly Kraychy (director); Mike Etuhoko (director); Darryl Vleeming (vice president); Maia Greer (treasurer); Melissa Toews (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Dreams Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129988275RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.