The George Spady Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119234870RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,080,373) as filed with the CRA.
The George Spady Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $15.1M in revenue and $15.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $244K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.2M in 2020 to $15.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We provide a continuum of support services to people with complex life circumstances associated with substance-related and concurrent disorders and homelessness empowering them to improve their lives through client centered evidence-based best practices. Programs are as follows; medical detoxification supervised consumption services clinical outreach housing supports permanent supportive housing palliative care mobile support services help-navigation services in partnership with edmonton police service.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.1M | $15.1M | $14M | — | $250 | $604K |
| 2023 | $13.7M | $13.7M | — | — | $10K | $599K |
| 2022 | $13.9M | $13.9M | — | — | $10K | $547K |
| 2021 | $11.1M | $11.1M | — | — | — | $511K |
| 2020 | $9.2M | $9.1M | — | — | — | $486K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $244K from 9 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$55K
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$46K
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation$30K
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation$7,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$869
- Unitarian Church of Edmonton$115
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$11.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chad Ekdahl (chair); Jack Kent (secretary); Duncan Maguire (vice-chair); Jennifer Serniak (director); Heidi Dasilva (treasurer); Janice Lee (director); Michal Juhas (director); Janice Lee.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The George Spady Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119234870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.