Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation
Charitable organization · Madden, Alberta · BN 140416140RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,238,601) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation is a charitable organization based in Madden, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $322K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $780K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024.
In its own words
Alberta institute for wildlife conservation is committed to the rescue rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned wildlife. We provide expert advice and education that fosters an appreciation of wildlife. Our current programs are - wildlife assistance and aid and public education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | $35K | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | $30K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1M | $839K | $24K | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $927K | $736K | $52K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $780K | $852K | $687K | $38K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $322K from 25 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$128K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$29K
- BenefAction Foundation$14K
- The HOP Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$10K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$5,000
- The Hindle Family Foundation$5,000
- The Cochrane and District Community Foundation$4,850
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,735
- Donmar Foundation$2,500
- The Byler Foundation$2,500
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$2,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,000
- Totem Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Banff Canmore Community Foundation$1,800
- The Grant Macewan Charitable Foundation 2002$1,800
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$778
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$500
- ATCO Electric Epic$374
- My Charity Fund$360
- United Way of Greater Toronto$238
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$737K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140416140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.