Cypress View Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 118881366RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,893,113) as filed with the CRA.
Cypress View Foundation is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $8.7M in revenue and $7.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $230.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Cypress view foundation is an organization that operates and manages social programs aimed at providing affordable housing for senior citizens of medicine hat alberta.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.7M | $7.9M | $6.6M | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2023 | $8.6M | $7.9M | $6.3M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $8M | $7.8M | $6.2M | — | — | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $7.9M | $7.7M | $6.2M | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $7.8M | $7.5M | $5.3M | — | — | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $230 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle McKenzie (board member); Dwight Kilpatrick (board member); Ramona Robins (vice-chair); Dan Hamilton (board member); Chris Czember (board chair); Linssie Clark (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cypress View Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118881366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.