The Association of Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Engaging Organizations of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 877198093RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,779,280) as filed with the CRA.
The Association of Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Engaging Organizations of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government, 32% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $442K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Volunteer alberta strengthens and creates pathways for volunteerism and civic engagement in alberta. Volunteer alberta continues to offer nonprofit learning and organizational development (ex. Volunteer screen program webinars) sector engagement (ex. Convening networks social media engagement) collective work exploration (ex. Alberta nonprofit network collaborations) championing volunteerism and civic engagement (ex. Volunteer week grants participating at decision making tables and networks) youth leadership development (ex. Alberta civil society emerging leaders program) and sharing…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | -$769 |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | $100 | $2,864 |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $97K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $288K | — | $100 | $135K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $442K 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 positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$848K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robyn Blackadar (president); Naomi Mahaffy (secretary); Hala Ezzeddine (vice president); Amanda Jensen (director); Corinne Ethier (director); Aedon Janes (treasurer); Miki Stricker-Talbot (executive director); Meenakshi Ramanathan (director); Ken Kirk (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Association of Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Engaging Organizations of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877198093RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.