Elves Special Needs Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118898360RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,607,907) as filed with the CRA.
Elves Special Needs Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $13.1M in revenue and $12.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 161 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Educational Rehabilitation and Recreation services for children and adults with developmental disabilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.1M | $12.6M | $11.6M | $26K | — | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $12M | $11.7M | $10.7M | $35K | — | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $11.3M | $11.1M | $10.1M | $34K | — | $10M |
| 2021 | $11.6M | $10.9M | $9.9M | $30K | — | $10M |
| 2020 | $11M | $10.6M | $10.6M | $23K | — | $10.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions161
- Total compensation, all staff$8.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Heather Fonteyne (president); Raewyn Edwards (secretary); Peter Jansen (treasurer); Natalie Viezel (director); Terry Wright (director); Jason Fleury (vice-president); Anna-May Choles (director); Maria Robin (director); Jessica Troock (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elves Special Needs Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118898360RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.