The Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children's Festival Society
Publicly funded institution · ST. Albert, Alberta · BN 857793236RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($198,215) as filed with the CRA.
The Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children's Festival Society is a public foundation based in ST. Albert, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $171K in revenue and $198K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,114.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $171K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society supports the production and presentation of an international children's festival serving northern alberta by encouraging excellence in performance entertainment value access and affordability/
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $171K | $198K | $190K | $4,939 | — | $73K |
| 2023 | $159K | $246K | $239K | $4,108 | — | $100K |
| 2022 | $257K | $233K | $219K | $2,619 | $3,798 | $188K |
| 2021 | $107K | $139K | $121K | $501 | $15K | $164K |
| 2020 | $282K | $127K | $6,622 | $163 | $110K | $196K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,114 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Connie Regier (treasurer); Krimsen Sumners (director); Patrick Rabby (president); Justin Peshau (secretary); Kevin Jones (vice-president); Ceilidh Hemmati (director); Danielle Mohr (director); Kim Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children's Festival Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857793236RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.