Compassion House Foundation
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 871667473RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,264,765) as filed with the CRA.
Compassion House Foundation is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $370K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% 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 $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The foundation is dedicated to providing accommodation facilities for cancer patients and their families during their cancer journey as well as providing post treatment programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $42K | — | $5.8M |
| 2023 | $859K | $1.6M | $1.5M | $73K | — | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $169K | — | $6.3M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $93K | — | $6.5M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $372K | — | $6.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $370K from 16 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$110K
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$52K
- Buchanan Family Foundation$44K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$20K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$10K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$7,920
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,500
- The Ed Stelmach Community Foundation$3,500
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,500
- ATCO Electric Epic$887
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$704
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$300
- Amisk-Park Lutheran Church$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$718K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Kluthe (board chair); Michael Chwelos (board vice chair); Regan Solbak (treasurer); Sundas Shamshad (board member); Greg Mittelsteadt (board member); Jacqueline Foord (executive director); Cam Rutten (board member); Lynette Tremblay (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compassion House Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871667473RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.