Grande Prairie Women's Residence Association
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 129126462RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,898,660) as filed with the CRA.
Grande Prairie Women's Residence 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Women's emergency shelter education and outreach programs. After school care program for children and respite childcare. Support group facilitation. Second stage supportive housing. Intensive care management program providing counselling and education. Grandecon event - a three-day long entertainment expo/comic convention that takes place in july each year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.5M | $176K | — | $8.5M |
| 2023 | $4M | $3.8M | $3.2M | $231K | — | $8.2M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $3.5M | $2.8M | $25K | — | $8M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.3M | $2.7M | $15K | — | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.3M | $29K | — | $7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $123K from 12 charities:
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadahelps Canadon$34K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10K
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$3,990
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Faith Lutheran Church$1,330
- Fondation RONA$754
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$340
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$108
- Forbes Presbyterian Church$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Anderson (director); Jenna Canavan (president); Amy Diaz (vice president); Shanda Burns (secretary); Shawn Penney (treasurer); Raylene Browne (director); Jenny Weaver (director); Jason Smith (director); Cliff Turner (honorary membership); Krista Umble (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grande Prairie Women's Residence Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129126462RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.