Camrose Women's Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Camrose, Alberta · BN 106836612RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,720,196) as filed with the CRA.
Camrose Women's Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Camrose, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 75% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
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 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The society operates as an emergency shelter to provide a safe supportive place for women and children who are escaping domestic violence in a crisis situation or are homeless. Approximately 400 women and children are assisted annually. Service includes supplying basic needs (food clothing shelter health supports) counselling transportation children's programs childcare life skills supports referral to community resources access to a 24 hour crisis phone line and an outreach program to support safe lifestyle and self sufficient living transitioning.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $3,076 | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $5,544 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $5,117 | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $6,710 | — | $933K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $8,397 | — | $428K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 14 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Battle River Community Foundation$6,300
- John Maude and Susan Quinn Charitable Foundation$5,500
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$5,045
- Bawlf Lutheran Church$3,000
- God is Able ... Tabernacle (Camrose)$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,497
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,222
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,181
- Church of God at Camrose$1,000
- Salem Lutheran Church Kingman$500
- Grace Lutheran Church$395
- Ukrainian Catholic Church of Protection of Blessed Virgin Mary$239
- ST. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church$100
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 positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernadette Logozar (secretary); Judi Beebe (chairperson); Trevor Vinet (treasurer); Brittany Rash (director); Wea-Ann Pantaleon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Camrose Women's Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106836612RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.