Central Alberta Victim and Witness Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Blackfalds, Alberta · BN 879420628RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($318,669) as filed with the CRA.
Central Alberta Victim and Witness Support Society is a charitable organization based in Blackfalds, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $258K in revenue and $319K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide support information referrals and education for victims of crime or tragedy through trained volunteers and staff.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $258K | $319K | $305K | $4,732 | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $262K | $280K | $273K | $604 | — | $142K |
| 2022 | $271K | $256K | $250K | $158 | — | $160K |
| 2021 | $239K | $227K | $216K | $2,968 | — | $146K |
| 2020 | $188K | $202K | $194K | $1,761 | — | $133K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$262K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia Edwards (chair); Melodie Stol (secretary); Dan Martin (rcmp liaison); Lynn Mulder (vice-chair); Katie Barron (treasurer); Dean Tarasoff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Alberta Victim and Witness Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879420628RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.