The Spec Association for Children and Families
Publicly funded institution · Brooks, Alberta · BN 119159317RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,865,908) as filed with the CRA.
The Spec Association for Children and Families is a charitable organization based in Brooks, 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $666.
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 49% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Links newcomer services - services for newcomers refugees and immigrants to support their integration and participation in the local community. Family resource network - program and support for families with children 0-18 year old. Community service - support for adults to excess existing community and / or government resources. Pcap - fetal alcohol spectrum prevention programming. Makerspace - program for youth focusing on steam (science technology engineering and math) activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $2,097 | — | $316K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $681 | — | $328K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $127 | — | $352K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $6,465 | — | $325K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1,604 | — | $322K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $666 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Catherine Siakaluk (chair); Tim Peter (vice chair); Lisa Patton (secretary); Rubia Tatem (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spec Association for Children and Families’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119159317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.