Sar Alberta (search and Rescue Association of Alberta)
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 898809686RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,323,393) as filed with the CRA.
Sar Alberta (search and Rescue Association of Alberta) is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under protective 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $19K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Adventuresmart preventative education provincial conference website newsletter.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | — | $241K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $847K | — | — | $133K |
| 2022 | $571K | $539K | $507K | — | — | $62K |
| 2020 | $19K | $59K | $28K | — | — | $37K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 5 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
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Carriere (president); Doug Ritchie (vice president); Jeremy McCabe (secretary); Suzanne Berner (treasurer); Darren Sherk (nw director); Ron Lamoureux (ne director); Kim Dean (nc director); Richard Willimus (nc deputy); Rose Crist (c director); Edward Van Heeren (c deputy); Christian Stenner (sc director); Brett Wuth (s deputy); Crystal Hamilton (director); Peter Alfred (director); Keith Pridgen (member at large); Andrew Nickless (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sar Alberta (search and Rescue Association of Alberta)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898809686RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.