Medicine Hat Community Housing Society
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 868904236RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,212,626) as filed with the CRA.
Medicine Hat Community Housing Society is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $12.7M in revenue and $13.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $999K.
Compared with 23 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 63 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Houses and provides support services for households with low or modest incomes. The support services provided are tailored to the needs of the program participants and to help those in need to identify and address the issues in their lives that may be preventing them from being independent of social supports. 2. Administers federal funds to implement priority activities designed to address the needs of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness as detailed in the community plan assessment and the hps community plan on homelessness. 3. Administers funds provided to support one-time or…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.7M | $13.2M | $11.4M | — | — | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $11.1M | $10.6M | $9.3M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $9.9M | $9.7M | $8.5M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $10.4M | $9.2M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $10.1M | $10.2M | $9.6M | — | — | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $999K from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$499K
- Canadahelps Canadon$499K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions63
- Total compensation, all staff$3.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Andjelic (president); Kerry Buss (vice president); Garry Ruff (treasurer); Scott Richter (director); Rachel ST. Jean (director); Leah Prestayko (director); Theo Weigel (director); Linnsie Clark (director); Linda Matsumoto (director); Desirea Agar (director); Danielle Crocker (director); Teri-Anne Bowyer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Medicine Hat Community Housing Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868904236RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.