Waypoints Community Services Association
Publicly funded institution · Fort McMurray, Alberta · BN 118928449RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,007,055) as filed with the CRA.
Waypoints Community Services Association is a charitable organization based in Fort McMurray, 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 $7.1M in revenue and $8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $379K.
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 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide a shelter and counselling to abused women and their children by: 1. Providing appropriate referrals to community agencies and liaison with agencies; 2. Crisis prevention by telephone for non-resident clients; 3. On-the-job training for nurses child-care workers and social services students; 4. Provide a follow-up program assisting women and children in their transition to independent living; 5. Provide affordable housing and housing for the homeless.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.1M | $8M | $7.3M | $166K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $7.8M | $7.2M | $90K | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $7.5M | $7.6M | $7.1M | $43K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $7M | $72K | — | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $7.5M | $6.4M | $461K | — | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $379K from 9 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$202K
- United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo$135K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$25K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$8,155
- John Wilson Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,534
- Hope in Christ Ministries Fellowship$1,200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$226
- ATCO Electric Epic$104
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cliff DIMM (board president/chair); Kerry Barwick (board vice president); Chris Pirie (treasurer); Marian Barry (board member); Naomi Brown (board member); Mavis Ure (vice chair); Louanne Moriarty (board member); Lanette Ellis (board member); Brianne English (board member); Matt Vance (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waypoints Community Services Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118928449RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.