Lurana Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 859626384RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,488,390) as filed with the CRA.
Lurana Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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, 2021, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $32K.
Compared with 715 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The society assists victims of domestic violence by providing a crisis line shelter daycare/after school care follow up community outreach programming intensive care management team housing coordinator and a child trauma counsellor.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $83K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $253K | — | $955K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $32K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Lucinda Patterson (treasurer); Mary Galvin (vice-president); Denise Robillard (secretary); Joanne Macauley (director); Michelle Pilon (vice-chairperson); Peter Carter (director); Theresa Anne Clarizio (director); Eugene Chow (director); Rene Drolet (vice president).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lurana Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859626384RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.