The Good Samaritan Society (a Lutheran Social Service Organization)
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107439754RR0002 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($181,277,761) as filed with the CRA.
The Good Samaritan Society (a Lutheran Social Service Organization) is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $195.1M in revenue and $181.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief 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 $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 781 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Operating nursing homes auxiliary hospital and supportive living care homes and related programs. Primarily for seniors with limited care beds for young adults. Provide group homes for people with developmental disabilities and day programs for stay at home seniors. Operates senior clinic (clinic day program) for stay at home seniors. Provide supportive housing and life lease for low income seniors. Provide personal response and monitoring services by telephone support (mostly seniors).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $195.1M | $181.3M | $168.5M | $590K | — | $138.3M |
| 2023 | $187.8M | $176.7M | $165.5M | $406K | — | $124.4M |
| 2022 | $187.9M | $181.5M | $171.8M | $492K | — | $114.3M |
| 2021 | $198M | $182.6M | $174.3M | $57K | — | $106.9M |
| 2020 | $176.8M | $173M | $164.2M | $39K | — | $91.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $166K from 14 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$111K
- Gertrude Horrobin Elsa and Margaret Linke Charitable Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,256
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$5,722
- First Christian Reformed Church of Taber Alberta$5,685
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,654
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,512
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$5,000
- The Calgary Foundation$2,500
- Rick's Heart Foundation$995
- Vancity Community Foundation$900
- Link Charity Canada Inc$500
- Oeuvres Caritatives des Filles de Jesus Canada$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions781
- Total compensation, all staff$125.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Good Samaritan Society (a Lutheran Social Service Organization)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107439754RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.