Chrysalis: an Alberta Society for Citizens With Disabilities
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108200049RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,812,808) as filed with the CRA.
Chrysalis: an Alberta Society for Citizens With Disabilities is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $9M in revenue and $8.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $284K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 127 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providing meaningful programming through education and volunteerism for developmentally disabled adults. We also provide employment training and placement in the communtiy for developmentally disabled adults through community based training sites supported employment sites and independent employment. We continue to provide therapeautic arts programs including painting music and dance.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | $8.8M | $8.8M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $8.2M | — | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $7M | $5.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $4.1M | — | $375K | $998K |
| 2020 | $8.4M | $9M | $6.3M | — | $605K | $986K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $284K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions127
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blayne Blackburn (ceo/president); Ryan McGregor (director); Krishna Balachandra (director); Salima Thawer (director); Tess Oliver-Tieman (director); Judith Mason (chair & director); Dave Angus (director); Elizabeth Fashley (director); Sarah Ivany (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chrysalis: an Alberta Society for Citizens With Disabilities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108200049RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.