Sylvan Lake Christmas Bureau
Charitable organization · Sylvan Lake, Alberta · BN 890570799RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($43,673) as filed with the CRA.
Sylvan Lake Christmas Bureau is a charitable organization based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $35K in revenue and $44K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,172.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
One program was carried out during the year. The bureau provided clothing food and other necessities to needy people in and around sylvan lake ab during the christmas season.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $35K | $44K | $33K | — | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $51K | $44K | $31K | — | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $33K | $38K | $24K | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $45K | $41K | $33K | — | — | $70K |
| 2020 | $26K | $30K | $24K | — | — | $66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,172 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janine Waldo (president); Laurie Barth-Gathercole (director); Colleen Camac (director); Kelly Ross (director); Jeannette Davis (treasurer); Krista Anderson (director); Cindy Pelletier (vice president); Patricia Hammond (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sylvan Lake Christmas Bureau’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890570799RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.