Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge & Southern Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 790128938RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,902) as filed with the CRA.
Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge & Southern Alberta is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $143K in revenue and $138K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,828.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2022 to $143K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge & Southern Alberta supports individual rights to personal autonomy over personal decisions intimately affecting them specifically access to abortion and birth control. Our current programs include: (1) provision of direct financial assistance to individuals who are of low income or in need to access abortion services and contraception; (2) providing information to health service providers to increase the availability of abortion contraception and reproductive services and providing information to individuals in need about available abortion contraceptio…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $143K | $138K | $138K | $0 | $0 | $30K |
| 2023 | $121K | $115K | $115K | — | — | $25K |
| 2022 | $26K | $13K | $13K | — | — | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,828 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$102K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chantal Parkinson (president); Kallie Desruisseaux (treasurer); Grace Wirzba (director at large); Katelyn Ryan (director at large); Kristine Ward (director at large); Thea Sleight (director at large); Chelsea Kwong (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge & Southern Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 790128938RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.