The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 108070871RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,854,621) as filed with the CRA.
The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $17.1M in revenue and $15.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $385K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.8M in 2020 to $17.1M in 2024.
In its own words
Aboriginal liaison services with all the native friendship centres in alberta provide services to aboriginal youth centres aboriginal urban diabetes initiative programs with health canada and alberta health aboriginal elder services programs provide assistance to aboriginal friendship centres in alberta provide services to aboriginal people relocating in edmonton
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.1M | $15.9M | $14.4M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $12.9M | $12M | $10.2M | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $17.2M | $16.7M | $14.1M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $16.3M | $15.3M | $13.7M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $8.8M | $8.7M | $7M | — | — | $925K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $385K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108070871RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.