Kara Family Resource Centre
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118977800RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,094,969) as filed with the CRA.
Kara Family Resource Centre is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 32% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $195K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $791K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The kara family resource centre offers a range of parenting programs and support to families
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $941K | $51K | — | $554K |
| 2023 | $863K | $963K | $847K | $13K | — | $63K |
| 2022 | $643K | $785K | $673K | $30K | — | $163K |
| 2021 | $741K | $791K | $693K | $12K | — | $304K |
| 2020 | $791K | $847K | $769K | $177 | — | $355K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $195K from 11 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$70K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$16K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$7,217
- Allard Foundation LTD.$5,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$672
- North Pointe Community Church$500
- ATCO Electric Epic$156
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$758K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Brown (secretary); Amanda Au (director); Cam Van de Walle (chair); Janet Horton (director); Hersharon Sandhu (director); Tyler Casavant (director); Jessica Griffin (vice chair); Cindy Siu (director); Luke Skaarup (director); Katrina Tan (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kara Family Resource Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118977800RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.