Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services (medicine Hat)
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 883419475RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,321,399) as filed with the CRA.
Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services (medicine Hat) is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, 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, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provide services and support to indigenous people in medicine hat and surrounding area
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | $402K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $389K |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | $412K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | — | — | — | $317K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1M | — | — | — | $165K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $47K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$956K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wally Garrioch (president); Cathy Schnell (treasurer); Barb Davison (director); Bertha Wirch (secretary); Shirley McDonald (honorary board elder); Jeannette Hansen (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services (medicine Hat)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883419475RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.