Special Olympics Alberta Association
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118781145RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,721,457) as filed with the CRA.
Special Olympics Alberta Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Our mission is to enrich the lives of albertans with an intellectual disability through sport. We provide year round sports training and competitions to develop physical fitness and enrich social experiences. Programs are held in over 25 communities across alberta.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $3.7M | $3.1M | $298K | — | $6.5M |
| 2023 | $4M | $3.8M | $2.7M | $550K | — | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.4M | $460K | — | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.1M | $452K | — | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $2M | $459K | — | $4.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 30 charities:
- Special Olympics Canada$754K
- Canadian Special Olympics Foundation$153K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$35K
- The Stone Creek Charitable Foundation$30K
- The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation$15K
- Serendipity Parents Association for the Handicapped$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,519
- The Calgary Foundation$9,198
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$8,851
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,167
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$8,010
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$6,870
- Calgary Flames Foundation$5,000
- Calgary Flames Foundation$5,000
- Parkland Community Living and Supports Society$5,000
- The Wayne Gretzky Foundation (canada)$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Healthier Tomorrows Individual Giving Program$3,557
- Battle River Community Foundation$2,800
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,131
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$2,000
- The Western Communities Foundation$1,324
- Aecon Transportation West LTD. Employee Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$1,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$718
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
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deborah Macpherson (chair); Joshua Letendre (treasurer); Gerald Tennant (affiliate representative); Eric Kwas (youth representative); Don Kwas (secretary); Brent Allison (director); Catherine Keill (director); Caroline Barham (vice chair); Kimberly Brocanier (vice chair); Mark Powell (director); Laura Lapeare (athlete representative); Margaret Wu (director); Carly McMorris (director); Tracy Hunter-Heartt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Special Olympics Alberta Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118781145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.