Aspire Child Development Centre
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 871346623RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,559,727) as filed with the CRA.
Aspire Child Development Centre is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,300.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Red Deer Hospice Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Aspire child development centre an alberta society provides education training and support to children with disabilities their families and other professional service providers. Ongoing programs include transdisciplinary assessment and consultation (tac) early access to supportive education (ease) and diagnostic clinics.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.6M | $2.8M | $56K | $0 | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $2.5M | $246K | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.4M | $295K | $0 | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $3M | $2.6M | $21K | $0 | $3M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $33K | $0 | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $8,300 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Hayden (executive director); Michelle Edwards Thomson (past chair); Cathy Gukerk (chairperson); Jamie Nelson (secretary/treasurer); Austin Janes (director); Jill Hockin (director); Ian Puckett (director); Tanya Warner (director); Joyce Cann (director); Candi Raudebaugh (director); Shauna Nestransky (director); Lance Clark (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aspire Child Development Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871346623RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.