High Prairie Native Friendship Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · High Prairie, Alberta · BN 118957307RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($722,710) as filed with the CRA.
High Prairie Native Friendship Centre Society is a charitable organization based in High Prairie, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $813K in revenue and $723K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $392K in 2020 to $813K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Hpnfc is a not-for-profit organization whose goals are to provide programs aimed at helping members of the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $813K | $723K | $627K | — | — | $341K |
| 2023 | $711K | $655K | $523K | — | — | $250K |
| 2022 | $110K | $116K | $100K | — | — | $202K |
| 2021 | $181K | $188K | $162K | — | — | $207K |
| 2020 | $392K | $452K | $406K | — | — | $214K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212 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$258K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barry Sharkawi (vice president); Kelly Chalifoux (secretary); Darren Martens (director); Patricia Long (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from High Prairie Native Friendship Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118957307RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.