Medicine Hat Family Service
Charitable organization · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 119036820RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($621,130) as filed with the CRA.
Medicine Hat Family Service is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $712K in revenue and $621K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $292K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Medicine hat family service provides counseling family life education courses and group work services in medicine hat and surrounding communities. They provide programming that involves assessment support and case management to older adults at risk or experiencing elder abuse their families and caregivers in the medicine hat community. Coordination and cross training with big brothers big sisters for counseling support for youth.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $712K | $621K | $419K | $80 | — | $303K |
| 2023 | $557K | $499K | $328K | — | — | $212K |
| 2022 | $453K | $463K | $341K | — | — | $155K |
| 2021 | $470K | $469K | $345K | $895 | — | $176K |
| 2020 | $544K | $441K | $262K | $3,687 | — | $176K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $292K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$465K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bryden Bardal (president); Teri-Anne Bowyer (director); Hailey Hauck (director); Nathan Hutcheson (finance chair); Cam Jacques (director); Tricia Macphail (secretary); Jenna Poncsak (director); Celina Symmonds (executive director); Kenneth Taylor (past president); Mikala Zubrecki (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Medicine Hat Family Service’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119036820RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.