Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (the Grit Program) Society of Edmonton
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 131527723RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,136,259) as filed with the CRA.
Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (the Grit Program) Society of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $9.2M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $134K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 74 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
GRIT provides a family-centered inclusive early childhood program for preschool children with disabilities and their families. GRIT also directly supports early childhood educators in the community (day care preschool and kindergarten) to enhance their professional skills and confidence to prevent and respond to children who experience challenging behavior through implementing a social and emotional teaching model.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.2M | $9.1M | $8.5M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $8M | $7.4M | $8,566 | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $7M | $6.9M | $6.4M | $738 | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $6.9M | $6.7M | $6.2M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $6.5M | $6.3M | $5.9M | $5,803 | — | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $134K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions74
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Lynch (chair); Andy Akle (director); Barrett Westerlund (vice chair); Sandy Thompson-Hodgetts (secretary); Freddie Martinez (director); Debbie Couch (treasurer); Amber Mack (ceo); Shelby Engelking (director); Jane Reid (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (the Grit Program) Society of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131527723RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.