Parkinson Association of Alberta
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108091802RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,739,085) as filed with the CRA.
Parkinson Association of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 13% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $626K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $125K in 2024, the largest being $75K to The Governors of The University of Calgary. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Parkinsons association of alberta empowers individuals and families throught their parkinsons journey responding to each unique need with knowledgeable and compassionate support. Currently there are 38 support groups more than 30 programs and a variety of targeted educational sessions being delivered in alberta and the northwest territories. Additional work is done to support the education of health care professionals and the communty at large.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $819K | $398K | $125K | $692K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $781K | $353K | $90K | $540K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.7M | $909K | $388K | $33K | $532K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $795K | $319K | $0 | $866K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $856K | $354K | $138K | $700K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $125K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $626K from 40 charities:
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$158K
- Canadahelps Canadon$104K
- Canadahelps Canadon$104K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$83K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$42K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$30K
- Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation$25K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$16K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Abundance Canada$7,000
- Roger Dootson Charitable Foundation$6,500
- ATCO Electric Epic$6,370
- Chadi Family Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,750
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Totem Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,765
- Christian Stewardship Services$2,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,460
- The Calgary Foundation$1,424
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,384
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,353
- The Cremona and District Community Chest$1,043
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,030
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$916K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cara Ferreira (chair); Sarat Maharaj (vice chair); Angela Chau-Gado (treasurer); Jamie Gordon (corporate secretary); Martin Kratz (past chair); Brian Bullen (director); Lisa Baroldi (director); Shilo Burt (director); Dave Humen (director); Amy Lee (director); Davide Martino (director); Renee Misfeldt (director); Munir Patel (director); Stephen Rex (director); Dean Welke (director); Lana Tordoff (officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parkinson Association of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108091802RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.