Strathmore Overnight Shelter Society
Publicly funded institution · Strathmore, Alberta · BN 787657519RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($207,656) as filed with the CRA.
Strathmore Overnight Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Strathmore, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $198K in revenue and $208K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 57% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
A typical 3 month period at the shelter's activities: Total Client stays: 1161– 24 clients were new; the other clients are those who have previously accessed the SOS at some point during the 3 month reporting period 849 Male 307 female 5 trans gender 4 clients have found housing 3 clients procured employment 0 client was assisted with legal aid 2 clients accessed Strathmore Family community support services for taxes 0 clients accessed mental health 2 clients had AISH applications sent in 2 clients accessed EI with our help in filling out paperwork 1 clients got assistance w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $198K | $208K | $184K | $3,122 | — | -$84K |
| 2023 | $129K | $172K | $158K | $3,309 | — | -$74K |
| 2022 | $142K | $143K | $131K | — | $1,000 | $38K |
| 2021 | $158K | $148K | $140K | — | $0 | $38K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$117K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Nelner (president); John Deck (treasurer); Renee Young (director); Denise Peterson (director); Elizabeth Karp (exec. director); Candace Peters (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Strathmore Overnight Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 787657519RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.