Blue Heron Vocational Training Centre Association - Athabasca 1987
Publicly funded institution · Athabasca, Alberta · BN 106798796RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,241,601) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Heron Vocational Training Centre Association - Athabasca 1987 is a charitable organization based in Athabasca, 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, 2024, it reported $3.5M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $180.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Services for the physically or mentally challenged
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $180 from 1 charity:
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 positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
A. Roy Jones (chairman); Brian Bittorf (director); Greg Aasen (treasurer); Lorraine Gislason (director); Christine Bilsky (director); Danny Major (director); Joe Gerlach (municipal appointment).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Heron Vocational Training Centre Association - Athabasca 1987’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106798796RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.