Barrhead Community Victim Services Unit Association
Publicly funded institution · Barrhead, Alberta · BN 136663820RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($197,166) as filed with the CRA.
Barrhead Community Victim Services Unit Association is a charitable organization based in Barrhead, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $83K in revenue and $197K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $495.
Compared with 162 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $60K in 2024, the largest being $35K to BARRHEAD & DISTRICT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES SOciety. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Victim services provides assistance to victims of crime and trauma. This service was provided by way of strict confidential support information and referrals. For such things as domestic violence sexual assault break + enter theft bereavement sudden death and assaults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83K | $197K | $83K | — | $60K | $0 |
| 2023 | $135K | $134K | $67K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $160K | $102K | $53K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $136K | $114K | $55K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $118K | $118K | $55K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $60K to 13 qualified donees:
- BARRHEAD & DISTRICT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES SOciety$35K
- Barrhead Healthcare Centre Auxiliary$10K
- Town of Swan Hills FCSS$5,000
- Swan Hills Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Klondike Trail Search and Rescue Association$1,000
- Outreach for Life Association of Edmonton$1,000
- Barrhead Public Library$1,000
- The Ripple Connection Support Centre$1,000
- Barrhead & District Agrena Society$1,000
- Blue Heron Support Services Association$1,000
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$1,000
- Alberta Cancer Foundation$1,000
Received $495 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$81K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Osborne (board chair); Morris Vogelzang (treasurer); Joe Zacharak (secretary); Jocelyn McKinnon (director); Dana Schmidt (director); Daniel Smitd (director); Anna Swan (director); Gerry ST. Pierre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barrhead Community Victim Services Unit Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136663820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.