Northern Haven Support Society
Publicly funded institution · Slave Lake, Alberta · BN 886108059RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($929,778) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Haven Support Society is a charitable organization based in Slave Lake, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $899K in revenue and $930K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the society is to provide a safe shelter for women in the slave lake community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $899K | $930K | $829K | $8,131 | — | $203K |
| 2023 | $902K | $941K | $841K | $5,883 | — | $234K |
| 2022 | $919K | $894K | $800K | $3,906 | — | $150K |
| 2021 | $924K | $901K | $809K | $2,239 | — | $248K |
| 2020 | $873K | $860K | $769K | $1,046 | — | $225K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K 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 positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$793K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Laboucan (acting chair); Karen Merry (secretary); Lynn Haas (past chair); April Blakney (vice chair); Tracey Crain (treasurer); Valerie Tradewell (director); Kelly Cuthbert (director); Karina Gramiak (director); Dafnah Guendelman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Haven Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886108059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.