Alberta Conservation Association
Publicly funded institution · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 889946141RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($17,596,644) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Conservation Association is a charitable organization based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $19.2M in revenue and $17.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $142K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 68 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $1.2M in 2024, the largest being $289K to The Governors of the University of Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
The Alberta Conservation Association carried out five broad based programs during the fiscal year. These were the Fisheries Program Wildlife Program Information Education and Communications Program Land Management Program and Report A Poacher/Compensation Program. Our resource Programs focus mainly on management engagement education and enhancement activities. All Program activities are delivered by utilizing resources within Alberta Conservation Association such as staff equipment and materials. The Association also funded other organizations and research through the ACA Research…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.2M | $17.6M | $14.5M | — | $1.8M | $56.4M |
| 2023 | $17.7M | $17.8M | $14.8M | — | $1.7M | $51.6M |
| 2022 | $17.9M | $16.6M | $15.5M | — | $1.4M | $48.7M |
| 2021 | $18.2M | $14.8M | $13.7M | — | $1M | $41.4M |
| 2020 | $15.2M | $15.2M | $14.1M | — | $934K | $36.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.2M to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$289K
- The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association$185K
- University of Saskatchewan$90K
- Freshwater Conservation Canada$78K
- The University of Lethbridge$63K
- The Alberta Fish and Game Association$62K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$44K
- Burman University$36K
- Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley$31K
- Alberta Lake Management Society$30K
- Red Deer Polytechnic$28K
- Inside Education Society of Alberta$27K
- WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada$26K
- University of Ottawa$25K
- Riparian Management Society$23K
- The King's University$23K
- Oldman WaterShed Council$20K
- Beaverhill Bird Observatory Society$18K
- Wabamun Watershed Management Council$12K
- Athabasca Watershed Council$12K
- Lesser Slave Watershed Council$10K
- St. Timothy School Education Society$7,459
- York University$6,650
- Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation$6,000
- Pigeon Lake Watershed Association$3,000
Received $142K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions68
- Total compensation, all staff$7.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Long (director emeritus); Robert Gruszecki (vice-chairman); William Abercrombie (chairman); Mark Boyce (director); Fred Caverley (director); Randy Collins (director); Chuck Priestly (director); Jeana Schuurman (director); Sandra Mellon (director); Brent Watson (director); Vince Aiello (director); Neil Keown (director); Ken Bailey (director); Richard Blakeley (director); Robin Barnes (director); Gordon Burton (director); Sue Cotterill (director); Ludwig Carbyn (director); Lisa Holdaway (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Conservation Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889946141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.