Grande Prairie & District Victim Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 131894461RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($555,530) as filed with the CRA.
Grande Prairie & District Victim Services Association is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, 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 December 31, 2023, it reported $656K in revenue and $556K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110.
Compared with 1,183 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Family violence - assisting in finding help and safe accommodations due to fammily violence. Victim services - providing support information and referrals to victims of crime and tragedy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $656K | $556K | $37K | — | — | $660K |
| 2022 | $603K | $568K | $26K | — | — | $554K |
| 2021 | $557K | $548K | $20K | — | — | $519K |
| 2020 | $579K | $510K | $24K | — | — | $513K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110 from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$467K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Charlotte Bierman (director); Kellie Wald (president); Shawn Grham (director/rcmp liaison); Amara Ljomah (director); Lola Antonius (vice president); Melissa Erickson (vice president); Julie Crook (treasurer); Patricia Colosimo-Andreeff (director); Shelly Danchuk (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grande Prairie & District Victim Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131894461RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.