The Compassinate Friends
Charitable organization · Chestermere, Alberta · BN 886181395RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,829) as filed with the CRA.
The Compassinate Friends is a charitable organization based in Chestermere, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $670 in revenue and $1,829 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $408.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2,940 in 2020 to $670 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Compassionate friends is a self help organization offering friendship education understanding and hope for bereaved parents. We promote and aid parents in a position for resolution of grief experienced on the death of a child at any age and forming source. Monthly meetings for sharing support. Lending library books practice a newsletter every 4 monthls yearly. Supply grief recovery information packages for new families phone visits. Visit families in hospitial er ;icu and ppediatrics. If possable an annual candlelight service.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $670 | $1,829 | — | — | — | $5,599 |
| 2023 | $1,791 | $1,666 | $1,599 | — | — | $6,758 |
| 2022 | $1,831 | $3,682 | $3,621 | — | — | $13K |
| 2021 | $3,615 | $3,437 | $3,194 | — | — | $15K |
| 2020 | $2,940 | $3,923 | $3,016 | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $408 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Winnifred Simmonds (president); Shirlee Browett (vice president); Carol Dreger (secretary); Dale Gowans (treasurer); Jean Tash (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Compassinate Friends’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886181395RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.