Providence Child Development Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107862385RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,156,350) as filed with the CRA.
Providence Child Development Society 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 $23.4M in revenue and $22.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providence offers a number of specialized programs and services to support the developmental needs of young children. Early Intervention preschool and kindergarten programs are offered in our schools as well as in community preschools and child care centres. Supports provided include specialized learning approaches individualized therapy supports and building capacity within the professional child care community. The Inclusive Child Care Program supports eligible child care programs by providing information resources coaching and professional development and the Expanding Capacity and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23.4M | $22.2M | $21.4M | $465K | — | $17.8M |
| 2023 | $22.7M | $20.6M | $19.9M | $432K | — | $16.4M |
| 2022 | $23.2M | $19.7M | $19.1M | $225K | — | $14.3M |
| 2021 | $21.2M | $19.3M | $18.9M | $218K | — | $10.7M |
| 2020 | $23.7M | $21.2M | $20.2M | $198K | — | $12.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 11 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$65K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$18K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$5,000
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,768
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,320
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$683
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$120
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$16.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Reeder (vice chair); Chris Dorland (chairperson); Karma Roste (director); Craig Flint (treasurer); Kathy Reimer (director); Cindy Gray (director); Mark Kolapak (secretary); Michelle Brown (director); Ron Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Providence Child Development Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107862385RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.