Rocky View Regional Handibus Society
Publicly funded institution · Airdrie, Alberta · BN 118880087RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,408,839) as filed with the CRA.
Rocky View Regional Handibus Society is a charitable organization based in Airdrie, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $200K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Provide wheelchair-accessible shared-ride community transportation enabling access to community supports and services for : 1) seniors 2) persons with disabilities and 3) low-income rural residents. Approximately 15 750 trips provided annually for residents of 6 municipalities ( 5 200 sq km service area) in the Calgary region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $9,000 | — | $482K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $105K | $9,000 | — | $562K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1M | $9,000 | — | $592K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $889K | $9,000 | — | $664K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $990K | $841K | $4,500 | — | $406K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $200K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$756K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rocky View Regional Handibus Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118880087RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.