Foothills Alcohol Action Society
Publicly funded institution · Fort Macleod, Alberta · BN 118927078RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,252,116) as filed with the CRA.
Foothills Alcohol Action Society is a charitable organization based in Fort Macleod, 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,007.
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 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $918K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We operate detox programs for individuals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $806K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $353K |
| 2020 | $918K | $937K | $891K | — | — | $245K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,007 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$968K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liisa Gillingham (mal/director); Sharan Randle (mal/director); Brent Feyter (chairperson); Tammy Van Buuren (mal/director); Doni-Lyn Houston (mal/director); Tammy Paiha (mal/director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foothills Alcohol Action Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118927078RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.