Cochrane & Area Victim Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Cochrane, Alberta · BN 889358065RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($222,518) as filed with the CRA.
Cochrane & Area Victim Services Society is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $219K in revenue and $223K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 78% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121.
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 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $8,379 in 2024, the largest being $4,074 to Seniors for Kids Society (SKS). Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $444K in 2020 to $219K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides immediate crisis trauma support to victims of crime tragedy and / or misfortune. Follow up services including information support and refearrals are provided to ensure a person`s physical emotional and financial needs are met. The services are provided 24 hours per day every day of the year cavss also has a court support program providing court preparation orientations and accompaniment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $219K | $223K | $223K | — | — | $368K |
| 2023 | $345K | $344K | — | — | — | $220K |
| 2022 | $407K | $352K | $345K | $0 | $0 | $376K |
| 2021 | $362K | $323K | $313K | — | — | $319K |
| 2020 | $444K | $388K | $369K | $7,636 | — | $311K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8,379 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $121 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$164K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Sine (past president); Maxine Wilton (president); Susan Holden (treasurer); Shannon Swagor (secretary); Elizabeth Goodsell (director); Melody Bundt (director); Julie Sotver (director); Joy Lonsdale-Calkins (director); Barbara Henning (vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cochrane & Area Victim Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889358065RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.