Prairie Gleaners Society
Charitable organization · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 859504524RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($329,103) as filed with the CRA.
Prairie Gleaners Society is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $368K in revenue and $329K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $211K in 2020 to $368K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society was organized to provide food materials and supplies to support those in need around the world working with established canadian aid programs. The main activity at present is the processing of a dried food product for this purpose. Donations of agricultural products (vegetables and pulse crops) are received and processed at a facility in cypress county near the city of medicine hat. The operation is mearly entirely volunteer run.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $368K | $329K | $313K | $6,797 | — | $782K |
| 2023 | $520K | $237K | $220K | $7,630 | — | $761K |
| 2022 | $285K | $248K | $208K | $8,971 | $1,000 | $472K |
| 2021 | $238K | $197K | $163K | $980 | — | $435K |
| 2020 | $211K | $155K | $132K | $915 | — | $394K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $117K from 17 charities:
- Ypma Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Canadahelps Canadon$23K
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$12K
- Berkhold Family Foundation$10K
- Heights Baptist Fellowship Society of Medicine Hat$9,000
- River Valley Community Church and Fellowship of Medicine Hat$3,600
- Christian Reformed Church Medicine Hat$2,716
- Hillcrest Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,268
- First Assembly of God$1,221
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,200
- Taber United Reformed Church$960
- Crossroads Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$750
- Link Charity Canada Inc$500
- United Way of South Eastern Alberta$500
- Crestwood Mennonite Brethern Church$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$45K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Albert Cramer (director); Clarence Dyck (director); Jim Grossman (treasurer); Dirk Vis (vice president); Jack Reddekopp (president); Roy Hjelte (director); Dorothy Gallerno (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Prairie Gleaners Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859504524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.