Badlands Amphitheatre Society
Charitable organization · Drumheller, Alberta · BN 131488223RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,210,777) as filed with the CRA.
Badlands Amphitheatre Society is a charitable organization based in Drumheller, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 8% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $167K.
Compared with 296 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $568K in 2020 to $2.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The badlands amphitheatre is a theatre music and event venue that creates sustainable community by developing a wide range of performance events and activities including theatre events concerts visual arts presentations and arts education programs. The society increases awareness and skill in the arts by providing instructional seminars on topics related to the performing arts to aspiring actors and artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.8M | $13K | — | $140K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $2M | $1.2M | $9,148 | — | $277K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $825K | $46K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $714K | $30K | $113K | — | $280K |
| 2020 | $568K | $605K | $173K | $2,375 | — | -$104K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $167K from 11 charities:
- The Hearn Family Foundation$100K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Allard Foundation LTD.$10K
- The Robbins Foundation Canada$10K
- Sugar Bird Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,745
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$800
- Rosebud Church An Evangelical Covenant Church$390
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$55
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$522K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geraldine Lee (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Badlands Amphitheatre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131488223RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.