Community Lamda Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891438640RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($185,638) as filed with the CRA.
Community Lamda Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $194K in revenue and $186K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,246.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Community lamda society provides independent living support services in affordable apartment-style homes as a foundation for stability and wellness for adults living in calgary who experience mental illness particularly schizophrenia. Staff are onsite in each of the two buildings monday thru friday and offer social leisure educational and skill development activities. Staff provide individual support and group activities. Ongoing programs include advocacy and liaison with mental health case managers family and physicians as well as calgary housing aish and other community agencies. Th…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $194K | $186K | $154K | — | — | $37K |
| 2023 | $178K | $161K | $140K | — | — | $28K |
| 2022 | $161K | $158K | $136K | — | — | $12K |
| 2021 | $184K | $188K | $139K | — | — | $9,024 |
| 2020 | $190K | $190K | $135K | — | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,246 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$123K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gareth Jones (president); David Barer (vice president); Karen Davis (board member); Natasha Dharshi (board member); Elisabeth Timm (board member); Svetlana Shklarov (secretary); Elizabeth Dobrovolsky (board member); Bernadette O'Connor (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Community Lamda Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891438640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.