Chimo Youth Retreat Centre
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 130918295RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,882,078) as filed with the CRA.
Chimo Youth Retreat Centre is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $14M in revenue and $12.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $38.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 98 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Provide residence for young people who are in need of facilities because of physical emotional spiritual or social needs. Assist young people who are experiencing difficulties and to assist them in adjusting their life skills to self selected goals. Provide counselling therapy education recreation and development skills in order for them to return to their homes and communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14M | $12.9M | $10.6M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $13.8M | $12.8M | $10.9M | — | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $13.6M | $12.4M | $10.7M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $12.7M | $11.1M | $9.3M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $13.1M | $12.1M | $10.4M | — | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $38 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions98
- Total compensation, all staff$8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chimo Youth Retreat Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130918295RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.