Southern Alberta Society for the Handicapped
Publicly funded institution · Magrath, Alberta · BN 129960639RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,565,579) as filed with the CRA.
Southern Alberta Society for the Handicapped is a charitable organization based in Magrath, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $8.6M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,000.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 63 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Rehabilitation services for adults with developmental disabilities. Services consist of day and residential programs in Magrath Raymond Welling and Lethbridge Alberta
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.6M | $8.6M | $8.2M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $8M | $7.7M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $7.3M | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $7.1M | $6.9M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $7.7M | $7.6M | $7.4M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $2,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions63
- Total compensation, all staff$7.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Thompson (chair); Bruce Jackson (vice chair); Joni Wilde (secretary); Carol Raasch (director); Shanda Heggie (treasurer); Kenneth Heggie (director); Mark Baril (director); Hunter Heggie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southern Alberta Society for the Handicapped’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129960639RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.