Edmonton People in Need Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107282964RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,893,027) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton People in Need Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $12.3M in revenue and $11.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 126 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Providing room board and support services to people with chronic mental illness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.3M | $11.9M | $11.7M | — | — | $24.3M |
| 2023 | $12.4M | $12.1M | $11.9M | — | — | $8.4M |
| 2022 | $12.3M | $12.4M | $12.2M | — | — | $8.5M |
| 2021 | $11.9M | $12.4M | $12.1M | — | — | $8.4M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $10.9M | $10.6M | — | — | $8.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions126
- Total compensation, all staff$8.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Wall (president); Ted Freehan (vice president); Curtis Ross (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton People in Need Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107282964RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.