Spinal Cord Injury Association Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118835016RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,087,392) as filed with the CRA.
Spinal Cord Injury Association Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $2.2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $244K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide rehabilitation support and service coordination community development information services active living aboriginal services and peer support for persons with spinal cord injury or other physical disabilities to empower them to achieve independence and full community participation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.5M | $75K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.3M | $118K | — | $933K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $91K | — | $932K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1M | $26K | — | $920K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $206K | — | $489K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $244K from 12 charities:
- The Alberta Paraplegic Foundation$80K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- Canadahelps Canadon$42K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$33K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$30K
- ATCO Electric Epic$4,800
- The Calgary Foundation$4,645
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$3,500
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$2,500
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$375
- Battle River Community Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ray Royer (chair); Leslie Tanzi (treasurer); Steven Jeffrey (director); Cal Schuler (director); Brian Sholom (director); Raymond Chow (director); Stacey Supina (vice chair); Teren Clarke (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spinal Cord Injury Association Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118835016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.