High River Pastoral Charge
Charitable organization · High River, Alberta · BN 107481624RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($484,242) as filed with the CRA.
High River Pastoral Charge is a charitable organization based in High River, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $383K in revenue and $484K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities 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 (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $290 in 2024, the largest being $290 to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 22 names.
In its own words
High river united church operates as a pastoral charge/community of faith of the united church of canada by providing worship service children's worship youth and family ministries pastoral and spiritual care helping those in financial need healing ministries affirming ministries truth and reconciliation engagement programing support groups music programming and the donating of funds to the denomination's general council mission and service fund for national and overseas work as well as collecting funds for local programs. We continue to undertake pastoral visits to those unable to a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $383K | $484K | $352K | $4,472 | $290 | $714K |
| 2023 | $392K | $422K | $294K | $7,374 | $290 | $547K |
| 2022 | $368K | $500K | $295K | $5,238 | $585 | $877K |
| 2021 | $533K | $471K | $301K | $7,797 | $1,110 | $1M |
| 2020 | $436K | $472K | $291K | $16K | $2,858 | $943K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $290 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $17K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marlene Podwysocki (past chair); David Robertson (minister); Susan Lukey (minister); Brian Fea (treasurer); Mark Smillie (chair of ministry & per); Pattie Pryma (member at large); Mary Newman (trustee); Dean Harrison (chair of finance team); Dale Lissel (trustee); William Besselink (trustee); Fran Cowley-Bishop (trustee); Debra Olmstead (secretary); Randy Jones (member at large); Judy Walbridge (member at large); Tom Mansfield (trustee); Marylynne Sutherland (trustee); John Nikulak (trustee); Celia Penman (chair elect); Norma Burns (member at large); Jennifer Skory (member at large); Mark Podwysocki (trustee); Joan Vander Meulen (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from High River Pastoral Charge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107481624RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.