Bow Valley Victim Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Canmore, Alberta · BN 140709890RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,730) as filed with the CRA.
Bow Valley Victim Services Association is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $261K in revenue and $28K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide training of volunteers who then provide assistance to victims of violence tragedy and crime. Provide the following services to individuals living in and/or visiting the bow valley: crisis response; general assistance; referral; information; public education and crime prevention critical incident stress debriefings. Provide 24 hour 7 day per week services and support to victims requiring immediate trauma intervention emotional support and practical assistance. All services are carried out in the bow valley including banff canmore lake louise harvie heights exshaw …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $261K | $28K | $25K | — | — | $411K |
| 2023 | $236K | $26K | $23K | — | — | $412K |
| 2022 | $238K | $207K | $186K | — | — | $423K |
| 2021 | $249K | $217K | $195K | — | — | $393K |
| 2020 | $253K | $239K | $215K | — | — | $361K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Lewis (president); Mary Buckingham (secretary); Jane Brideau-Hudspith (director); Sarah Jones (director); Jordie Fraser (vice-president); Kathy Resch (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bow Valley Victim Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140709890RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.