Briarpatch Family Life Education Centre
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 886963743RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($415,941) as filed with the CRA.
Briarpatch Family Life Education Centre is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $566K in revenue and $416K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $160K in 2020 to $566K in 2024.
In its own words
Aiding in the development of children and youth by providing a variety of resources including resources lending libraries; provide play and community preschool settings; provide resources and information to parents; provide support programs (education counselling support group meetings literacy development programs etc.); events for baby loss and child loss families: annual walk to remember annual high level bridge lighting for international pregnancy and infant loss awareness day (october 15th) annual baby loss retreat and annual candlelight memorial service for grieving families. Coun…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $566K | $416K | $116K | — | — | $320K |
| 2023 | $247K | $217K | $71K | $288 | — | $154K |
| 2022 | $201K | $176K | $64K | — | — | $94K |
| 2021 | $179K | $138K | — | — | — | $59K |
| 2020 | $160K | $189K | $82K | $961 | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$172K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Briarpatch Family Life Education Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886963743RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.