Scope Society of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118824135RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,380,611) as filed with the CRA.
Scope Society of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $30.4M in revenue and $30.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 502 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Society provides services to promote community inclusion of mentally and physically challenged adults.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.4M | $30.4M | — | $29.7M | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $26.1M | $26.1M | $25.4M | $0 | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $24.6M | $24.6M | $24.1M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $24M | $24M | $23.3M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $22.7M | $22.7M | $20.8M | $15K | — | -$1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions502
- Total compensation, all staff$28M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nancy Dick (co-chair); Courtney Rivas (co-chair); Richard Rose (treasurer); Cesar Cala (director); Joan Farkas (director); Cynthia Christison (director); Hande Zara (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scope Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118824135RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.