Gordon Russell's Crystal Kids Youth Centre
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 892902164RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($588,793) as filed with the CRA.
Gordon Russell's Crystal Kids Youth Centre is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $762K in revenue and $589K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 28% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $131K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Best practice rooted in relational care trauma informed care and harm reduction we provide critical Mentoring literacy interventions life skills competencies nutrition and wellness support to hundreds of youth clients ages 6-19 and in some cases up to 21. Creating and nurturing authentic relationships our degreed team members serve youth one-on-one in small and large group in-centre as well as online mentoring sessions embedded in daily activities in a layered delivery model. With access to the latest research and training in the human services fields of study. Acknowledging innate pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $762K | $589K | $586K | $2,462 | — | -$39K |
| 2023 | $672K | — | $555K | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $598K | $567K | $550K | $2,419 | — | — |
| 2021 | $376K | $364K | $364K | — | — | $863K |
| 2020 | $691K | $512K | $512K | — | — | $848K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $131K from 12 charities:
- Bean Family Foundation$100K
- The Kuchar Foundation$7,000
- Knickle Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,713
- Jackie Pennock Family Foundation$3,000
- The John and Dianne Storey Family Foundation$3,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$2,867
- Perpetual GRACCE Foundation Inc.$2,500
- Avenue Vineyard Christian Fellowship$2,000
- Little Miracles Trust Fund$1,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$634
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$433K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gordon Russell's Crystal Kids Youth Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892902164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.