Southern Alberta Community Living Association
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 107995730RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,532,382) as filed with the CRA.
Southern Alberta Community Living Association is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, 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 $12.6M in revenue and $12.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 93 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
We provide support to adults and children with disabilities through community connectors (roommate companions) renting a home or living in their natural home providing weekend respite having a host family provide respite or an associate family.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.6M | $12.5M | $12.2M | — | — | $6M |
| 2023 | $11.9M | $12.3M | $12M | — | — | $6M |
| 2022 | $11.7M | $11.4M | $11.1M | — | — | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $11.1M | $10.8M | $10.6M | — | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $11.1M | $10.6M | $10.3M | — | — | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions93
- Total compensation, all staff$10.5M
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 Southern Alberta Community Living Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107995730RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.