Chinook Sexual Assault Centre
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 726410517RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,301,930) as filed with the CRA.
Chinook Sexual Assault Centre is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 70% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $568K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providing leadership advocacy and comprehensive services specific to victims of sexual violence within southwestern alberta.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $141K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $937K | — | — | $36K |
| 2022 | $863K | $848K | $606K | — | — | $36K |
| 2021 | $728K | $697K | $550K | — | — | $22K |
| 2020 | $568K | $568K | $468K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$761K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michele Montgomery (chair); Roy Pogorzelski (director); Liam Nixon (secretary); Cayley King (vice chair); Tammie Belanger (treasurer); Kristine Cassie (ceo); Robynn Sander (director); Melanie Meier (director); Roberta Smallbones (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinook Sexual Assault Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 726410517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.