Etana Supports Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 118842608RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,644,835) as filed with the CRA.
Etana Supports Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $7.7M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,080.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 79 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The society exists to provide daily living support and services to individuals with disablilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $12K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $7.3M | $6.9M | $11K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $6.9M | $6.8M | $6.4M | $7,139 | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $6.9M | $6.7M | $6.3M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $4.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,080 from 1 charity:
- ATCO Electric Epic$2,080
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions79
- Total compensation, all staff$6.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Louise Sellinger (secretary); Miriam Kaye (executive director); Beth Ernst (vice chair); Dave Waddell (treasurer); Wanda Cassidy (director); David Dawson (director); Sarah Johnson (chair); Julie Nanson-Ashton (director); David Saltvold (board liaison); Aspen Taylor Boone-Windrim (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Etana Supports Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118842608RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.