The Grande Prairie and Area Council on Aging
Publicly funded institution · Grande Prairie, Alberta · BN 892763988RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($467,586) as filed with the CRA.
The Grande Prairie and Area Council on Aging is a charitable organization based in Grande Prairie, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $491K in revenue and $468K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provides all types of support services to seniors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $491K | $468K | $315K | — | — | $286K |
| 2023 | $473K | $151K | $326K | — | — | $263K |
| 2022 | $423K | $450K | $307K | — | — | $261K |
| 2021 | $459K | $373K | $240K | — | — | $288K |
| 2020 | $374K | $371K | $243K | — | — | $202K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$305K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Henning (past chair); Eve Tollenaar (chair); Colette Marcotte (vice chair); Trudy Buelow (treasurer); Rhonda Osmond-Gejdos (secretary); Laurel Christenson (director); Brenda Pellan-McIntosh (director); Shelley Lazenby (director); Carrie Wohlgemuth (director); Michelle Jasper (director); Ronda Coates (director); Tyla Savard (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Grande Prairie and Area Council on Aging’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892763988RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.