Lac la Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre Association
Charitable organization · Lac la Biche, Alberta · BN 877805788RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,307,635) as filed with the CRA.
Lac la Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre Association is a charitable organization based in Lac la Biche, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.4M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 28% from government, 40% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $843K in 2020 to $1.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $496K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $405K |
| 2022 | $851K | $793K | $703K | $1,689 | — | $324K |
| 2021 | $811K | $760K | $694K | $100 | — | $271K |
| 2020 | $843K | $922K | $828K | $14K | — | $219K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$786K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristen Anderson (director); Nicholas Bartlett (president); Phyllis Chalifoux (secretary/treasurer); Brandon Cloutier (vice-president); Eileen Mitchell (board member); Merle Patenaude (director); Luella Pruden (director/elder); Payton Shukaliak (director/youth); Wally Sinclair (director/elder).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lac la Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877805788RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.