Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119286912RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,326,937) as filed with the CRA.
Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $30.8M in revenue and $33.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $199K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 225 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Vecova is a leading edge service and research organization that has been meeting the nees of persons with disabilities and the community at large in calgary and bow valley corridor since 1969. Services are provided through an integrated services model to meet the changing needs of persons with disablities so they may reach their fullest potential and benefit from the highest possible quality of life. A range of supports provided to children youth and adults with disabilities includes: (1) living supports (2) employment services and (3) wellness services. In addition professional supports a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.8M | $33.3M | $32M | $206K | — | $3.4M |
| 2023 | $31.5M | $31M | $30M | $75K | — | $5.9M |
| 2022 | $30M | $28.3M | $27.2M | $131K | — | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $27.6M | $27.1M | $25.9M | $144K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $29.4M | $29.8M | $28.6M | $225K | — | $3.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $199K from 13 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$21K
- Melton Foundation$10K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- The Calgary Foundation$7,410
- United Way of Calgary and Area$5,484
- Hylcan Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,581
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$79
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions225
- Total compensation, all staff$27.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michelle McKenna (chairperson); Robert McKercher (vice chairperson); Donald Dart (treasurer); Sean Crump (director at large); Georgia Lykidis (director at large); Neil Mackie (director at large); Nancy Toombs (director at large); Sylvie Tran (director at large); Tracy Graham (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119286912RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.