Ranchlands Victim Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Pincher Creek, Alberta · BN 899313100RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($228,599) as filed with the CRA.
Ranchlands Victim Services Society is a private foundation based in Pincher Creek, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $220K in revenue and $229K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To administer Trauma support to victims of crime and tragedy. The Ranchlands Victim Services Unit works in 5 RCMP detachments 1 Executive Program Manager 4 Assistant Coordinators and has 15 volunteers advocate. All of these individuals help refer victims to community agencies give emotional support court information court accompaniment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $229K | $213K | — | — | $68K |
| 2023 | $350K | $349K | $326K | — | — | $76K |
| 2022 | $313K | $312K | $290K | — | — | $75K |
| 2021 | $297K | $288K | $268K | — | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $234K | $229K | $147K | — | — | $64K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $40K from 1 charity:
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$174K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pam Vamphlew (president); Ronald Hann (vice president); Shannon Wigle (secretary); Ryan Hodge (rcmp liaison); Beverley Duffield (treasurer); David Goff (board member); Shelly-Anne Dennis (executive director); Lessia Rudko (rcmp liaison); Brenda Carmichael (board member); Vince Bacon (rcmp liason); Chad Hirdle (rcmp liaison); Perry Pelletier (rcmp liaison).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ranchlands Victim Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899313100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.