Calgary Quest Children's Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 106831043RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,710,109) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Quest Children's Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $269K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 68 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.4M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provides programs for students with special needs. Areas covered include gross motor communication feeding toileting dressing social cognitive and fine motor skills.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $6.7M | $6M | $1,317 | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $4.8M | $3,286 | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.8M | $4.4M | $12K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $4.4M | $24K | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $4.1M | $3.8M | $10K | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $269K from 12 charities:
- Rideau Hall Foundation$135K
- The Calgary Foundation$41K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22K
- Engineering Little Miracles Foundation$19K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$15K
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$15K
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$9,362
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$5,000
- Viewpoint Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,311
- ATCO Electric Epic$824
- United Way of Calgary and Area$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions68
- Total compensation, all staff$5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Bolton (director); Wendy Hunt (secretary); Barbara Pitts (president); Ellen Embury (director); Sue Crawford (director); Thomas Alexander (treasurer); Pamela Alkier (vice-president); Ashley Kalenchuk (director); Sharon Blackwell (director); Vahid Ghomashchi (director); Patti Stebbe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Quest Children's Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106831043RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.