Epilepsy Association of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118900778RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($613,850) as filed with the CRA.
Epilepsy Association of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $640K in revenue and $614K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 9% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $333K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $302K in 2020 to $640K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Support programs for those suffering from Epilepsy in the Calgary and Central Alberta regions. Community education program and resources library.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $640K | $614K | $257K | $238K | — | $301K |
| 2023 | $474K | $579K | $202K | $240K | — | $274K |
| 2022 | $217K | $560K | $245K | $182K | — | $379K |
| 2021 | $311K | $473K | $262K | $74K | — | $721K |
| 2020 | $302K | $409K | $185K | $86K | — | $884K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $333K from 15 charities:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$139K
- The Calgary Foundation$71K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$30K
- Hunter Family Foundation$25K
- The Arthur J E Child Foundation$25K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$10K
- Fraser Family Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,852
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,437
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,970
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$1,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,255
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$398K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Evan Legate (past chair); Julia Jacobs-Levan (director); Gina Ross (board chair); Andrea Salmon (director); Tasha Engel (director); Harsh Vardhan (vice chair); Laura Dickson (staff - executive director); Derek Payne (director); Victoria Tulk (secretary); Ashley Anderson (director); Tyler Kilborn (treasurer); Grace Fung (director); Lisa Farstad (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Epilepsy Association of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118900778RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.