Rock Solid Refuge Inc.
Charitable organization · Shaunavon, Saskatchewan · BN 816897946RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,625,628) as filed with the CRA.
Rock Solid Refuge Inc. is a charitable organization based in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $188K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Rock solid refuge - assisting male adolescents age 13 to 18 with life controlling issues
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $968K | $135K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $162K | $0 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $140K | $0 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $105K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $188K from 36 charities:
- Society of First Baptist Church Olds Alberta$50K
- Bethel Lutheran Church$36K
- Unger Family Foundation Inc.$20K
- Hillsdale Baptist Church$8,000
- Three Hills Bethel Evangelical Missionary Church Society$7,721
- Hague Community Church Inc.$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,875
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,050
- Bergthaler Mennonite Church Inc.$5,000
- Your Thrift Shoppe Inc$4,000
- Glencross Mennonite Church$3,500
- Osler Community Church Inc.$3,405
- Trinity Lutheran Church of Leader$3,000
- Grace Community Church$3,000
- Bridgeway Community Church Mennonite Brethren$2,700
- Bergen Missionary Church Fellowship$2,685
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,400
- The Church of the Open Bible$2,170
- Faith Baptist Church$2,018
- Living Waters Christian Fellowship$2,000
- Medicine Hat Church of God (Pentecostal)$1,572
- Evangelical Free Community Bible Church of Pambrun Inc.$1,560
- Alpine Church of God$1,533
- Trossachs Camp Meeting Association$1,400
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church$1,050
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 positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Westergard (president); Pat Laybolt (director); Duane Barsness (director); Rita Wong (director); Ciaran Olsen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rock Solid Refuge Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816897946RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.