Recovery Acres (calgary) Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119111961RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,995,756) as filed with the CRA.
Recovery Acres (calgary) Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core 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 $2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The program helps people help themselves achieve sobriety employment and integration into the community by providing an effective treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse. The program offers day and long term treatment.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2M | $1.8M | $18K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $25K | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $19K | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $40 | — | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $43K | $0 | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 8 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anthony Bell (secretary); James Catherwood (director); Kellie D'Hondt (director); Beverley Forbes (director); Sherrie Fowler (treasurer); Stian Rorstad (executive director); Kevin Webb (acting chair); Kirk Weich (director); Gord Prichard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Recovery Acres (calgary) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119111961RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.