Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve Association
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 753179936RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($625,397) as filed with the CRA.
Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $734K in revenue and $625K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $484K in 2021 to $734K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Increase awareness of the unesco beaver hills biosphere including trail repairs and modification and mitigating human and wildlife conflict.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $734K | $625K | $583K | — | — | $303K |
| 2023 | $763K | $625K | $575K | — | — | $194K |
| 2022 | $578K | $610K | $583K | — | — | $56K |
| 2021 | $484K | $420K | $395K | — | — | $87K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $17K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roy Anaka (director); Elizabeth Halpenny (director); Dale Kirkland (director); Glen Lawrence (past chair); Franklin Lee (director); Kelly-Lynn Lewis (vice chair); Andi McDonald (chair); Kevin Smook (secretary/treasurer); Brian Eaton (director); Dave Cooper (director); Scott Heckbert (director); Keith Leggat (director); Kevin Baron (director); Megan Egar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 753179936RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.