Claresholm & District Transportation Society
Publicly funded institution · Claresholm, Alberta · BN 865086482RR0001 · Relief of the Aged
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($258,413) as filed with the CRA.
Claresholm & District Transportation Society is a charitable organization based in Claresholm, Alberta, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 $329K in revenue and $258K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $190K.
Compared with 66 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $181K in 2020 to $329K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Transportation provided to seniors and those with disabilities within the community and to large centres for medical and recreational activities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $258K | $220K | $1,797 | — | $177K |
| 2023 | $218K | $219K | $186K | — | — | $106K |
| 2022 | $180K | $172K | $145K | — | — | $108K |
| 2021 | $197K | $162K | $130K | — | — | $101K |
| 2020 | $181K | $177K | — | — | — | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $190K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$153K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Paulsen (chairman); Brydon Saunders (vice chair); Brian Comstock (lay representative); Cindee Schlossberger (lay representative); Shirley Isaacson (secretary); Mike Cutler (town of claresholm rep); Laurie Lyckman (vulcan county representative); Earl Hemmaway (md willow creek representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Claresholm & District Transportation Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865086482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.