Blue Heron Support Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Barrhead, Alberta · BN 106798804RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,599,908) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Heron Support Services Association is a charitable organization based in Barrhead, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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, 2024, it reported $13.8M in revenue and $13.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 142 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.8M | $13.6M | $11.8M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $12.8M | $12.5M | $11M | $8,054 | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $11.3M | $11.2M | $9.8M | $13K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $11.8M | $11.8M | $10.3M | $40K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $11.8M | $11.8M | $10.4M | $22K | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions142
- Total compensation, all staff$12.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ronald Morisette (secretary); Kevin Visser (director); Anna Wiart (youth rep); Keira Brouwer (director); Josee Frigon; David Sharpe (treasurer); Pia Grieg (chair); Stephanie Gansekoele (director); Robin Palmer (director); Jen Kalmbach (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Heron Support Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106798804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.