The Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 140599507RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,391,520) as filed with the CRA.
The Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $2.3M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 69% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $513K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
1) on-site rehabilitation program offers physical occupational recreational and speech language therapy to individuals with an acquired brain injury; 2) the outreach program is offered to 25 clients who live in the community or personal residence throughout the province; 3) the community integration program provides support to clients in the community; 4) the psych-social program addresses the often hidden fallout of brain injury and stroke mental illness depression additional issues and feelings of isolation and alienation; 5) stroke rehabilitation research; 6) on going progr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2M | $69K | — | $897K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.8M | $55K | $2,528 | $999K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2M | $47K | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $33K | — | $917K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $60K | — | $216K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $513K from 11 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$168K
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Canadahelps Canadon$111K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$76K
- Bearspaw Benevolent Foundation$30K
- The Ed Stelmach Community Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,145
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$1,080
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$599
- United Way of Calgary and Area$415
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randy Fowler (lifetime director); Ross Gilker (past president); Alex Hillyard (chair); Deb Milimaka Miles (secretary); Orson Ross (treasurer); Janet Russell (vice chair); Jim Saunders (board member); Valerie Hilario (board director); Gina McRae (board director); Kay Donaldson (board director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140599507RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.