Strathcona Christmas Bureau
Charitable organization · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 890463383RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($157,483) as filed with the CRA.
Strathcona Christmas Bureau is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $177K in revenue and $157K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $177K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The Strathcona Christmas Bureau annual campaign provides Christmas hampers of food vouchers toys and gifts to qualified residents of Strathcona County that meet financial needs criteria. Potential recipients are either (a) referred by other agencies or (b) self referred using a detailed application process. If applicants are deemed to meet the requirements of need based on financial criteria a suitable hamper is prepared for the individual and/or family and is delivered by volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $177K | $157K | $106K | $626 | — | $407K |
| 2023 | $114K | $145K | $107K | $709 | — | $387K |
| 2022 | $141K | $136K | $110K | $288 | — | $418K |
| 2021 | $235K | $124K | $123K | $255 | — | $413K |
| 2020 | $108K | $100K | $100K | $135 | — | $302K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $109K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$43K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$4,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,722
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$2,000
- Angela and Collin Herbers Family Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Sherwood Park Presbyterian Church$555
- Abundance Canada$300
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$197
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$65
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$11K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eleesha Gatti (director); Barb Melnychuk (director); Jodi Powell (director); Cindy Selinski (director); Yvette Mandin-Kelly (director); Beverly Arason-Gaudet (director); Hugh Murphy (director); Wendy Taylor (director); Carolyn White (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Strathcona Christmas Bureau’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890463383RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.