The Spark Foundation of Lloydminster
Publicly funded institution · Lloydminster, Saskatchewan · BN 130063431RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,641,448) as filed with the CRA.
The Spark Foundation of Lloydminster is a charitable organization based in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, 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 $3.6M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $203K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 42 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The society provides shelter to women and children. The society provides emergency clothing support counselling meals and referral to other community agencies as the situation warrants. The society provides and develops educational support programs and services for women children teens and men who have been affected by family violence and/or abuse. Society also operated a teen drop in centre in the city of lloydminster. They offer programs that meet the recreational needs of the teen population. They build relationships with youth and offer spiritual guidance
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $2.3M | $175K | — | $4.9M |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $2M | $166K | — | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $3.5M | $2.1M | $174K | — | $4.8M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.4M | $2.2M | $142K | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.2M | $2M | $132K | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $203K from 16 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$80K
- Fondation RONA$50K
- Ross Ulmer Family Foundation$25K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$12K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$7,036
- Prairie Action Foundation Corporation$6,617
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$5,321
- Lloydminster Region Health Foundation Inc.$4,847
- Mosaic Church$2,550
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Women's Shelters Canada$2,000
- Fondation RONA$1,903
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,300
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$400
- Canadahelps Canadon$318
- Vermilion River Pastoral Charge$100
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions42
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keith Freeman (treasurer/secretary); Bradley Mouland (director); Nigel McCarthy (director); Janey Decker (vice chair); Glen Stnag (chair); Jill Kelly (director); Tyler Morrissette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spark Foundation of Lloydminster’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130063431RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.