Alberta Central Railway Museum Society
Charitable organization · Wetaskiwin, Alberta · BN 127344240RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,451) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Central Railway Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $40K in revenue and $62K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,205.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $24K in 2020 to $40K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Preserving conservation of railway artifacts collecting rail way archives storing providing historic + relevant education material for group or education outreach. Assisting teacher + students books
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40K | $62K | $53K | — | — | $362K |
| 2023 | $32K | $35K | $21K | $5,784 | — | $541K |
| 2022 | $54K | $43K | $24K | $11K | — | $543K |
| 2021 | $15K | $36K | $12K | — | $18K | $590K |
| 2020 | $24K | $54K | $18K | — | $26K | $869K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $1,205 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
R.C. Cleland; Brian Manning; Donald Macrae; N.R. Safroniuk; L. Thirsk; W.G. Wilson; Brooke Edwards.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Central Railway Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127344240RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.