Wellspring Family Resource & Crisis Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Whitecourt, Alberta · BN 119290989RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,422,222) as filed with the CRA.
Wellspring Family Resource & Crisis Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Whitecourt, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We are short term shelter and support for women with or without children experiencing family violence and/or in crisis. We have outreach support programs for women youth and men. We offer public education in schools and for the general public we have a 24hr crisis line as well as childcare and supports for children accessing shelter with their mother and accessing outreach programs and a social enterprise: Second hand store.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $40K | $0 | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $36K | — | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1M | $31K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $34K | $0 | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 7 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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$998K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheryl Agrey (vice president); Trevor Bills (president); Lesia Hleck (secretary); Joanne Belke (treasurer); Deanna Exley (director); Kyla Rose (director); Angie Ophus (director); Courtney Hogg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wellspring Family Resource & Crisis Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119290989RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.