Burden Bearers Counselling Society
Charitable organization · Sundre, Alberta · BN 866489115RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($653,532) as filed with the CRA.
Burden Bearers Counselling Society is a charitable organization based in Sundre, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $595K in revenue and $654K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,904.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Provide a full range of counselling programs for couples families and individuals regardless of income. Counselling referrals from mental health victim services womens' shelters & fccs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $595K | $654K | $606K | $18K | — | $144K |
| 2023 | $502K | $562K | $521K | $14K | — | $218K |
| 2022 | $742K | $611K | $563K | $18K | — | $284K |
| 2021 | $619K | $564K | $519K | $10K | — | $153K |
| 2020 | $544K | $537K | $489K | $8,301 | — | $99K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,904 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$475K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James (gordie) Cunningham (vice chair); Kevin Eliason (director); Morley Bayer (director); Glenn Kelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burden Bearers Counselling Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866489115RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.