Central Alberta Outreach Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 137445821RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,804,130) as filed with the CRA.
Central Alberta Outreach Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $3.7M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Domestic-violence-support.-adopt-a-family.-rural-outreach-program.-tools-for-school.-safe-visitation.-red-deer-housing-team.-monitored-exchange.-juliettas-place.-outreach-services.-boundaries-group. Womens-support-group.-dragonfly-childrens-healing-centre.-suicide-prevention-and-education.-community-helpers.-grief-recovery.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.1M | $373K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3M | $366K | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $3.7M | $3M | $366K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $3.6M | $2.9M | $36K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $244K | $62K | — | $702K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 11 charities:
- Crossroads Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$30K
- BenefAction Foundation$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,223
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,917
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,750
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,006
- Red Deer Food Bank Society$895
- ATCO Electric Epic$780
- Red Deer Church of Christ$750
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$87
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bonnee Gregg (board member); Sandra Mains (president); Laura Snape (secretary); Madison Bruce (treasurer); Vince Morelli (board member); Derek Fuchs (board member); Rebecca Ell (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Alberta Outreach Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137445821RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.