Battle River Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Wainwright, Alberta · BN 118800473RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,316) as filed with the CRA.
Battle River Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Wainwright, 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 $170K in revenue and $55K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% 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 $29K in 2020 to $170K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Preservation of archies and artifacts for wainwright and area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170K | $55K | $0 | — | $0 | $692K |
| 2023 | $80K | $49K | — | — | — | $985K |
| 2022 | $62K | $58K | $20K | — | $20K | $953K |
| 2021 | $39K | $43K | — | — | — | $949K |
| 2020 | $29K | $23K | — | — | — | $951K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Maxine Belanger (president); Darryl Engerdahl (vice-president); Mary Murray (secretary); Marlene Lapierre (treasurer); Carol Bogart (director); Albertine Claerhout (director); VIC Callaghan (director); Terry Murray (director); Sharon Perkins (director); Ken Dicker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Battle River Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118800473RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.