Canadian Council of the Blind Alberta Division
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890888134RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($204,591) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Council of the Blind Alberta Division 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $205K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $662.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
From january 1st 2024 to may 7th 2024 we provided funding for the following programs to allow and encourage visually impaired and blind adults to participate in the community programs including: swimming bowling crib yoga curling hockey getting together with technology advocacy and public relations. As of may 7th these programs were transfered to ccb calgary club at which time our funds were also transfered to them.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $205K | $193K | — | — | $88K |
| 2023 | $3,305 | $56K | $52K | — | — | $123K |
| 2022 | $65K | $29K | $20K | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $244 | $4,120 | $309 | — | — | $143K |
| 2020 | — | $27K | $10K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $662 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Healy (treasurer); William Eng (coordinator); Jesse Tregarthen (secretary); Heather Hannett (vice coordinator); James Haydon (sports & rec north); Karen Grewcutt (sports & rec south); Terri-Lee Skerry-Nelson (membership).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Council of the Blind Alberta Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890888134RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.