Covenant Health
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 139764476RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($991,768,833) as filed with the CRA.
Covenant Health is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $984.7M in revenue and $991.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.3M.
Compared with 23 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 3,316 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,512 in 2024, the largest being $7,512 to Covenant Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Covenant Health is an operator of health facilities and programs in the province of Alberta. The facilities provides a range of health care services including acute care assisted living hospice rehabilitation and respite care and senior's housing.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $984.7M | $991.8M | $991.8M | — | $7,512 | $50.9M |
| 2023 | $912.7M | $929M | $929M | — | $1,526 | $53.4M |
| 2022 | $901.4M | $910.3M | $901.2M | — | $1,952 | $74.1M |
| 2021 | $856.6M | $858.6M | $858.6M | — | $2,784 | $84.8M |
| 2020 | $847.7M | $850.6M | — | — | $14K | $71.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,512 to 1 qualified donee:
- Covenant Foundation$7,512
Received $2.3M from 12 charities:
- Covenant Foundation$1.4M
- Spiritus Vitae Catholic Health Sponsor$535K
- ST. Mary's Hospital Camrose Foundation$169K
- C.o.l.d. Respiratory Problems Club$50K
- Killam & District Health CARE Foundation$45K
- ST. Mary's Trochu Foundation$34K
- Mary Immaculate Hospital (mundare) Foundation$16K
- ATCO Electric Epic$9,594
- Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital Foundation$8,955
- BenefAction Foundation$7,513
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,337
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over6 positions
- $300,000–349,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3,316
- Total compensation, all staff$738.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ed Stelmach (chair); Richard Smith (director); Greg Yuzwa (director); Timothy Spelliscy (director); Patrick Dumelie (ceo); Wendy Dugas (director); Karl Germann (director); Carole Anctil-Michalyshyn (director); Stuart Cullum (director); Tyler Shandro (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Covenant Health’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139764476RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.