Halo Air Ambulance Society
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 891538613RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,610,814) as filed with the CRA.
Halo Air Ambulance Society is a public foundation based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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, 2024, it reported $5.9M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $279K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $5.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The halo air ambulance society is mandated to enhance the emergency air transort program that operates in southern alberta. It achieves this goal through the purchase of equipment and supplies and through the operation/support of programs that enhance the local medicair program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $3.6M | $2.8M | $338K | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $5M | $3.4M | $2.7M | $271K | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $2.6M | $2M | $237K | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.3M | $1.9M | $206K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $291K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $279K from 20 charities:
- Ypma Family Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- The Berry Creek Agricultural Society$25K
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$9,540
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,800
- The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Glory Bound Ministries of Swift Current Inc$4,000
- Carriere Foundation$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,775
- United Way of South Eastern Alberta$1,620
- Bow Island and District Health Foundation$1,000
- The Western Communities Foundation$635
- Foremost Evangelical Free Church$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$498
- BenefAction Foundation$415
- ATCO Electric Epic$258
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
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$140K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorraine Dykstra (treasure); Ronda Hermann-Stickel (vice-chair); Noella Krauss (director); Tricia Nardari (secretary); Bruce Reiger (director); Dale Thacker (chair); Greg Veilleux (director); Grenner Veileux (director); Grenner Veilleux (director); Nathan Nunweiler (director); Carson Dennis (director); Tarolyn Aaserud (director); Pamela Kunz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Halo Air Ambulance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891538613RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.