Red Deer Dream Centre Society
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 868153867RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,383,447) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer Dream Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 24% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $661K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $420K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Continued board meetings and fundraising. Provide recovery programs to support men physically mentally emotionally and relationally so that they can achieve a life free from addiction. Providing housing meals for men ages 18 years or older seeking freedom from substance addiction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $2,819 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $18K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1M | $728K | $526K | $116K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $159K | $110K | $3,000 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $420K | $18K | $1,650 | $13K | — | $402K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $661K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$249K
- Canadahelps Canadon$249K
- Clive Baptist Society for Christian Ministry$52K
- Canada Gives$50K
- Crossroads Evangelical Missionary Church Fellowship$26K
- Potter's Hands Ministries Society$10K
- Red Deer Food Bank Society$8,431
- First Christian Reformed Church of Red Deer$5,655
- Abundance Canada$4,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,315
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$759
- Red Deer Church of Christ$500
- Christian Stewardship Services$450
- Unity Baptist Church of Red Deer Alberta$300
- Trinity Christian Fellowship of Red Deer$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$872K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wesley Giesbrecht (president); Seth Schalk (vice president); Scott Cannam (treasurer); Jeanette Schalk (secretary); Rob Warrender (director); Janise Somer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer Dream Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868153867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.