Focus Society for Support Services
Publicly funded institution · Vermilion, Alberta · BN 108103151RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,760,975) as filed with the CRA.
Focus Society for Support Services is a charitable organization based in Vermilion, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity is to promote choices integration education and opportunities within the community for persons with disabilities. The charity provides support to people with development disabilities to assist them in the area of: independent living skills community living support employment support and community participation support. The charity provides affordable housing for adults with developmental disabilities. The charity provides assistance with assisting persons with disabilities with preparing meals. The program assists all persons with disabilities from kids to adults and pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $15K | — | $717K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $795K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $973K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Murie (president); Kirby Whitlock (director); Bonnie Luopa (secretary); Sherry Martin (vice-president); Elise Rayment (treasurer); Dean Peters (director); Chynna Floriano (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Focus Society for Support Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108103151RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.