The Children's Link Society (resource Information)
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 868979063RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($823,809) as filed with the CRA.
The Children's Link Society (resource Information) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $934K in revenue and $824K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $568K in 2020 to $934K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Society provides comprehensive and coordinating information resources and referrals to families with children with special needs in order that the children will have the opportunity to achieve their highest potential as fully participating members
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $934K | $824K | $646K | $54K | — | $4,414 |
| 2023 | $743K | $978K | $862K | $26K | — | -$106K |
| 2022 | $728K | $814K | $696K | $38K | — | $129K |
| 2021 | $676K | $672K | $599K | $9,227 | — | $215K |
| 2020 | $568K | $568K | $509K | $7,466 | — | $211K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 8 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$31K
- Abundance Canada$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$6,319
- ST. Stephen Protomartyr Ukrainian Catholic Church$1,100
- Canadahelps Canadon$775
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$440K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Crump (director); Derek Deacon-Roger (president); Sanjul Vaish (treausrer); Courtney McVie (secretary); Adam Darellay (vice president); Wendy Zhu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Children's Link Society (resource Information)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868979063RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.