SKILLS Society - Supporting the Citizenship of People with Disabilities
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107984403RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,579,506) as filed with the CRA.
SKILLS Society - Supporting the Citizenship of People with Disabilities is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $24.7M in revenue and $24.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 204 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Skills provides residential repsite outreach and day supports to approximately 500 people with mental disabilities or brain injuries. Services are provided by full and part time staff. Services are based on strength and need and are directed by the clients and their guardians. Skills primary goal is to help people live as independently as possible and be part of the community they live in.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.7M | $24.6M | $20.9M | $71K | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $22.5M | $22.6M | $19.1M | $63K | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $21.8M | $21.7M | $18.4M | $16K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $22.2M | $22M | $18.8M | $3,372 | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $22.1M | $22M | $18.8M | $13K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 5 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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions204
- Total compensation, all staff$22.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Royer (chairperson); Rochelle Mitchell (treasurer); Carmen Norris (secretary); Darcy McDonald (director); Kate Gunn (vice chairperson); Dianne McConnell (director); Nancy Spencer (director); Bob Philp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SKILLS Society - Supporting the Citizenship of People with Disabilities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107984403RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.