Volunteer Strathcona Centre
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 108040445RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($288,962) as filed with the CRA.
Volunteer Strathcona Centre is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $328K in revenue and $289K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
Compared with 1,147 community-service 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 $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The centre in the year provided and coordinated volunteer programs for the community. The centre received municipal and provincial funding which was used to continue: (1) assisting community organizations to recruit volunteers and build their volunteer programs; (2) helping connect residents to volunteer opportunities; and (3) and coordinating volunteer programs for vulnerable residents.'
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $328K | $289K | $256K | — | — | $279K |
| 2023 | $215K | $269K | $242K | — | — | $240K |
| 2022 | $345K | $322K | $287K | $3,846 | — | $294K |
| 2021 | $392K | $341K | $302K | $5,811 | — | $271K |
| 2020 | $419K | $350K | $313K | $1,995 | — | $220K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24 from 1 charity:
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$203K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leonard Shain (past chair/director); Joelle Banasch Campbell (director); Natalie Magnan (secretary/director); Jeff Manchak (director); Nick Stovius (director); Andy Wigston (director); David Atkinson.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Volunteer Strathcona Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108040445RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.