Edmonton Down Syndrome Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 899799753RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($775,649) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Down Syndrome Society 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 $998K in revenue and $776K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 7% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $324K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $998K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. Monthly meetings for members and guests 2. Parent group meetings for education and support 3. Member communication via newsletter and website 4. New parent package for information 5. Resource library for families 6. Teachers conference 7. Speech therapy and occupational therapy. 8. Awareness campaign via annual walk and awareness week 9.Social events for networking 10. Behavior Therapy Recreational Programs Adult Day Program Basketball Pre-school playgroup program Daycamp programs Adult Outings Musical Theatre program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $998K | $776K | $313K | $103K | — | $503K |
| 2023 | $676K | $619K | $210K | $79K | — | $280K |
| 2022 | $525K | $619K | $192K | $93K | — | $223K |
| 2021 | $463K | $526K | $128K | $98K | — | $318K |
| 2020 | $282K | $248K | $18K | $41K | — | $320K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $324K from 13 charities:
- ATCO Electric Epic$90K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$76K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,297
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$8,010
- Cliff Lede Family Charitable Foundation$8,000
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$5,000
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,234
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,228
- Make a Dream Come True (lions) Society$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$430K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Cassidy (chair); Kyle Todd (vice chair); Shawn Sidoruk (secretary); Brad Smith (treasurer); Karen Stone (director); Natalie Zyla (director); Patricia Mullen (director); Elia Damis (director); Amanda Friesen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Down Syndrome Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899799753RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.