Bissell Centre
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118810829RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,997,038) as filed with the CRA.
Bissell Centre is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $21.7M in revenue and $21M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 35% from government, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 62 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 235 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11.4M in 2020 to $21.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Child Care services food services family services community recreation and wellness mental health financial literacy program referral housing eviction intervention community closet thrift store employment services permanent supportive housing FASS advocacy and education summer camps Tax filling support and Indigenous Engagement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.7M | $21M | $15.8M | $1.9M | — | $13.2M |
| 2023 | $19.6M | $17.8M | $13.7M | $1.4M | — | $12.5M |
| 2022 | $19.7M | $17.1M | $13.6M | $1.3M | — | $10.7M |
| 2021 | $21M | $0 | — | — | — | $8.1M |
| 2020 | $11.4M | — | $8.7M | $1M | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 62 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$320K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$207K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$151K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Canadahelps Canadon$136K
- Wheaton Family Foundation$103K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$76K
- The Calgary Foundation$34K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$33K
- Henry Gusse Foundation$30K
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$30K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$25K
- ST Paul's Foundation (edmonton)$20K
- J.hokanson Family Charitable Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Eberlein Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$10K
- Melton Foundation$10K
- Plusoneplusone Canada$8,865
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$8,381
- ATCO Electric Epic$7,503
- Fairway Legacy Foundation$7,000
- Southminster Steinhauer United Church$6,200
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,266
- Trust Under the Will of Kenneth Hnidan$5,230
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions235
- Total compensation, all staff$13.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lee-Ann Leitch (board chair & board governor); Ami Amato (board governor); Lauren Chalaturnyk (board governor); Melanie Fix (committee chair&board governor); Emily Kneteman (board governor); Avery Letendre (board governor); Joshua Moser (board governor); Ryan Turpin (board vice-chair & governor); Louise Traynor (chief operating officer); Gary St. Amand (chief executive officer); Johanna Knettig (chief programs officer); Kenneth Singh (committee chair&board governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bissell Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118810829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.