Cosmos Community Support Services Ltd.
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 830847893RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,701,248) as filed with the CRA.
Cosmos Community Support Services Ltd. is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $3.9M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 66 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities and/or barriers to enhance personal quality of life and promote recognition of individual value. Deliver programs to assist disabled individuals by providing employment training support serivces communtiy support and recreation leisure and social activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.7M | $3.4M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.6M | $3.3M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.9M | $3.6M | — | — | $764K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions66
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Bedford (vice president); Taren Taylor (director); Marty Campbell (president); Melisa Milne (treasurer); Fran McMahon (director); Alison Misener (director); Audra Denny (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cosmos Community Support Services Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830847893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.