Coalition for Far Northwest Alberta Brighter Futures Society
Publicly funded institution · Fort Vermilion, Alberta · BN 890684145RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($649,117) as filed with the CRA.
Coalition for Far Northwest Alberta Brighter Futures Society is a charitable organization based in Fort Vermilion, 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 $659K in revenue and $649K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,019.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The society provides early intervention preventative preschool programs to children 3 1/2 to 5 year old in la crete paddle prairie and fort vermillion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $659K | $649K | $527K | $14K | — | $229K |
| 2023 | $659K | $708K | $571K | — | — | $219K |
| 2022 | $578K | $584K | $471K | — | — | $268K |
| 2021 | $616K | $556K | $437K | — | — | $575K |
| 2020 | $567K | $617K | $570K | $2,002 | — | $213K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,019 from 2 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$361K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cynthia White (chair); Wilma O'Rourke (secretary); Hali Calliou (vice chair/treasurer); Kristin Ward (director); Sarah Fyke (director); Mary Driedger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Coalition for Far Northwest Alberta Brighter Futures Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890684145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.