Agriculture for Life Inc.
Charitable organization · Foothills, Alberta · BN 845824507RR0001 · Agriculture
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,885,840) as filed with the CRA.
Agriculture for Life Inc. is a charitable organization based in Foothills, Alberta, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 39% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The corporation's mandate is to provide educational programs to youths surrounding the importance of food production farming and farm safety. Programs include: classroom agricultural program: the classroom agriculture program (cap) is a well-known and highly respected agriculture education program that is currently reaching over 15 000 grade 4 alberta students annually. Farm and rural safety programming-supports farm and rural safety programs with a goal of reducing injuries and fatalities. Spuds & tubs-encouraging interest and kowledge in agriculture by providing resources for students …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $343K | — | $451K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $217K | — | $491K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $113K | — | $716K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $931K | $73K | — | $621K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $739K | $150K | — | $584K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$311K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Beever (director chair); Bill Whitelaw (director); Glenn Logan (director); Rich Smith (director); Judy Untershultz (director); Stephen Vandervalk (director); Ben Graham (director); Ted Menzies (director); Stuart Cullum (director); Jim Wood (director); Glenn Bringley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Agriculture for Life Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845824507RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.