Parents Empowering Parents (pep) Society
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 843200270RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($501,211) as filed with the CRA.
Parents Empowering Parents (pep) Society is a private foundation based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $307K in revenue and $501K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 77% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Pep provides support to empower our members to achieve freedom from the effects of addiction on our families and ourselves. Pep provides education information resources and direction for families dealing with addiction. Pep actively participates in addiction prevention in our community and our province. Pep works with other stakeholders in our community locally provincially and federally to find solutions for families dealing with addicted youth. Pep seeks effective intervention and treatment for our youth who are suffering from substance abuse/addiction. Pep offers support for recovering…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $307K | $501K | $471K | — | — | $299K |
| 2023 | $305K | $339K | $314K | — | — | $493K |
| 2022 | $632K | $287K | $263K | — | — | $527K |
| 2021 | $112K | $174K | $151K | — | — | $182K |
| 2020 | $294K | $148K | $124K | — | — | $245K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$280K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parents Empowering Parents (pep) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843200270RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.