Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society
Publicly funded institution · Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta · BN 870827847RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,298,418) as filed with the CRA.
Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society is a charitable organization based in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $103K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Diversion programming to help provide appropriate services to an individual or family. Provide workshops to teach cooking with limited budgets; parenting skills; and day camps. Provide an indoor playspace and early learning care parent education family support and other referral services for families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $970K | $6,449 | — | $375K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $887K | $8,383 | — | $366K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $718K | $4,930 | — | $315K |
| 2021 | $967K | $930K | $771K | — | — | $272K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $977K | $11K | — | $405K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $103K from 9 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$51K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Fort Saskatchewan Alliance Church$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,075
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,901
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$2,901
- United Way of Calgary and Area$360
- ATCO Electric Epic$260
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
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$979K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Sliwkanich (chair); Loraine Hryniw (director); Joanne Dewart (secretary); Douglas Rees (treasurer); Switzer Jacqueline (director); Shirley Cockburn (vice-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870827847RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.