The Adventure Group Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 133282780RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,207,785) as filed with the CRA.
The Adventure Group Inc. is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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 December 31, 2023, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 1,558 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $3.3M in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The adventure group addresses the needs of young people in the charlottetown pei area. The adventure group offers opportunities for learning as well as skill development using experiential service learning and adventure based curriculum. It is the mandate of the organization to work with young people and to explore the gifts each young person brings to the community in which they live. Operation of the charlottetown outreach center continued in the current year.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $489K |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.6M | — | $185K | $360K |
| 2021 | — | — | $1.1M | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $963K | — | — | $295K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
John Horrelt (president); Philip O'Halloran (director); Donna Potts (secretary); Todd Sutcliffe (director); Tina Mundy (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Adventure Group Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133282780RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.