Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891313363RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,090,735) as filed with the CRA.
Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $11.9M in revenue and $11.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 120 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Pacekids provides preschool and kindergarten programs for children aged 2.8 years to 6 years that can be accessed through Program Unit Funding (PUF) with Alberta Education. We offer a Multi-Disciplinary program & a Speech-Language Enhancement (SLE) program through a licensed Early Childhood Services (ECS) program. Pacekids offers programs for children aged 6 months to 12 years funded through Family Services for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) including Behavioural & Developmental Supports Specialized Services Infant & Family Support and Triple P Positive Parenting Program. Pacekids pr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.9M | $11.1M | $9.1M | $331K | — | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $11.7M | $10.7M | $9M | $253K | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $11.1M | $10.3M | $8.4M | $165K | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $10.5M | $9.8M | $8.5M | $96K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $11M | $10.1M | $8.9M | $133K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $55K from 10 charities:
- Bild Calgary Region Foundation$16K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$10K
- Els For Autism Canada$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,613
- The Wagemakers Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$771
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$311
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$10
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions120
- Total compensation, all staff$8.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Ostrowerka (director); Farrah Kanji (treasurer); Rhonda Bean (chair); Terris Grunert (secretary); Yang Guo (director); Kofi Oteng (director); John Bean (director); Signe Bray (director); Stu Reid (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pacekids Society for Children with Special Needs’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891313363RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.