Some Other Solutions Society for Crisis Prevention
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 130722994RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($941,596) as filed with the CRA.
Some Other Solutions Society for Crisis Prevention is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, 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 $935K in revenue and $942K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government, 32% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $324K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Crisis line community helpers: mental health training for young adults suicide prevention grief and loss counselling counselling for: trauma stress anxiety depression family mental wellness self-esteem and life transitions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $935K | $942K | $867K | — | — | $373K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $3,548 | — | $380K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $498K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $945K | $1,000 | — | $528K |
| 2020 | $1M | $1M | $908K | — | — | $411K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $324K from 4 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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$653K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bernie Boyes (director); Angela Maxson (director); Jennifer McLeod (director); Joshua Splaine (director); Bradley Friesen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Some Other Solutions Society for Crisis Prevention’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130722994RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.