Lakeland Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Society
Publicly funded institution · Cold Lake, Alberta · BN 886213602RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,072,435) as filed with the CRA.
Lakeland Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Society is a charitable organization based in Cold Lake, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $4M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,258.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder related programs and operation of the residential women's treatment centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.8M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4M | $3.4M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.4M | $3.2M | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.2M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,258 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Stephanie Oleksyn (chairperson); Michelle Dargis (director); Roy Ripkins (vice chair); Joey Daniels (treasurer); Adrienne Peoples-Sprecker (director); Victoria Sparklingeyes (director); Jennifer Leblanc (director); Shelley Krook (secretary); Lisa Murphy (executive director); Curtis Blanchette (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakeland Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886213602RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.