Aspen Family and Community Network Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119047017RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2020-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,657,542) as filed with the CRA.
Aspen Family and Community Network Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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, 2020, it reported $11.9M in revenue and $11.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 30% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $230K.
Compared with 316 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 101 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Through a diverse continuum of 20 programs aspen employers people and their communities to overcome barriers and establish the conditions needed for long-term success. Our programs range from getting and keeping families out of homelessness to supporting children and youth in foster care and group care to mobilizing residents to build healthy and strong communities. As an agency we help people move from vulnerability to stability from poverty to economic and social resilience and from isolation to active participation in their community. Aspen works in the areas of youth programming fami…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2020
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $11.9M | $11.7M | $10M | $59K | — | $702K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $230K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions101
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2020)
Benjamin Kis (board director); Rolf Wenzel (board director); Alisa Sorochan (vice chair board director); Erin Ludwig (board director); Bruce Edgelow (board president/chair); Esther Suter (board director); Wiley Auch; Alison Berg (board director); Stephen Burns (board director); Hugh Evans (board director); James Kusie (board director); Christine Neff (board director); Allan Strachan (board director); Serena Reid (board director).
As listed on its 2020 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aspen Family and Community Network Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119047017RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.