Alberta Wilderness Association(awa)
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118781251RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($622,001) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Wilderness Association(awa) is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $622K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $242K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $689K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Public awareness of wilderness conservation issues in alberta through publications lectures hikes public outreach presentations government and industry liaison and landscape and wildlife assessments.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $622K | $463K | $19K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $887K | $682K | $539K | $49K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $670K | $636K | $514K | $51K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $838K | $673K | $551K | $68K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $689K | $648K | $458K | $94K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $242K from 18 charities:
- Canada Gives$66K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$48K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- The Calgary Foundation$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,750
- Hobbes and Mortimer Foundation$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Christian Stewardship Services$2,000
- ATB Investor Services Foundation$1,700
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$1,300
- United Way of Calgary and Area$578
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$438
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$344
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$46
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$40
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$475K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frank Calder (director); Jim Campbell (director); Clint Docken (2nd vice president); Gail Docken (president); Jamie Jack (diriector); Chris Saunders (1st vice president); Richard Secord (director); Nathan Schmidt (director); Cliff Wallis (secretary/treasurer); Brian Calliou (director); Nicholas Godwin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Wilderness Association(awa)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118781251RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.