Rehabilitation and Employment for Developing Independence (redi) Enterprises Society
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 119244846RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,731,166) as filed with the CRA.
Rehabilitation and Employment for Developing Independence (redi) Enterprises Society is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, 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 $15.9M in revenue and $15.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,340.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 193 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $6,485 in 2024, the largest being $1,334 to The Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Division and Centre for Suicide Prevention. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
REDI provides support and services for employment residential support community inclusion and brain injury rehabilitation to individuals with physical or cognitive disabilities fetal alcohol spectrum disorder mental health concerns and / or acquired brain injuries.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.9M | $15.7M | $13.9M | — | $6,485 | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $13.8M | $13.7M | $11.9M | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $13.7M | $13.5M | $11.7M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $13.9M | $13.7M | $12M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2020 | $13.1M | $12.4M | $11.5M | — | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,485 to 7 qualified donees:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Division and Centre for Suicide Prevention$1,334
- Girl Guides of Canada/Guides Du Canada$1,143
- The Society of Friends of the Medicine Hat Public Library$905
- KidSport Canada$887
- Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society$807
- McMan Youth Family & Community Services Association$729
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$680
Received $7,340 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions193
- Total compensation, all staff$11.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachel St. Jean (director); Wayne Resch (chair); Hayden Beck (secretary / treasurer); Hilary Pritchard (director); Ryan Castle (1st vice chair); Rachel Collin (2nd vice chair); Mohammed Idriss (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rehabilitation and Employment for Developing Independence (redi) Enterprises Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119244846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.