Children's Ability Fund
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119059756RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($153,450) as filed with the CRA.
Children's Ability Fund is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $160K in revenue and $153K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $140K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Children's Autism Services of Edmonton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $160K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide funding to groups and individuals to purchase specialized equipment to enhance the independence of people with disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $153K | $8,450 | — | $140K | $191K |
| 2023 | $61K | $17K | — | — | — | $185K |
| 2022 | $81K | $59K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $229K | $14K | — | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $74K | $126K | $41K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $140K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $16K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Boyd Leader (chairperson); Neera Garga; Mary Sutherland (secretary/treasurer); Lin Zurawell; Marilyn Melnychuk; Carol Russ (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Children's Ability Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119059756RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.