Alberta Family Histories Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118780733RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($66,052) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Family Histories Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $66K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $73K in 2020 to $113K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Organize and present seminars events and conferences covering various facets of family history research. Hold annual and society meetings featuring speakers and presentations on topics of interest. Conduct courses in family history research and promote family history research in the community. Operate a lending library containing family history materials. Maintain a website. Answer questions from outside the area for people who need assistance with their family history research. Publish regular newsletter of items related to family history.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $66K | $50K | $2,351 | — | $316K |
| 2023 | $104K | $57K | $43K | — | — | $269K |
| 2022 | $22K | $48K | $36K | — | — | $223K |
| 2021 | $20K | $39K | $29K | — | — | $249K |
| 2020 | $73K | $42K | $30K | — | — | $268K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $3,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Benedict (vice president); Gordon Lane (president); Dorothy Clements (secretary); Linda Murray (director); Larry Stone (treasurer); Sharon White (director); Zolton Walford (director); Anna Babaeva (director); Suzanne Davidson (director); Stanley Clute (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Family Histories Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118780733RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.