Beltline Urban Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 838825735RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,581) as filed with the CRA.
Beltline Urban Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $3,300 in revenue and $3,581 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $9,815 in 2020 to $3,300 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
BELTLINE URBAN SOCIETY (BUS) operates several programs. The BUS Beltline Heritage Program creates maintains and digitizes content related to the history of the Beltline district in Calgary. The BUS Urban Scholars program continues to search for qualified applicants across Canada and did not grant any scholarships during the fiscal period. The BUS Urban Forum program has been advancing a policy project regarding municipal governance. The policy project substantially completed its research phase in 2024 and is preparing publications as material for future public urban forum events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,300 | $3,581 | $2,373 | — | $0 | $318 |
| 2023 | $8,675 | $8,392 | $6,244 | — | — | $1,423 |
| 2022 | $20K | $21K | $12K | — | $0 | $315 |
| 2021 | $8,320 | $7,939 | $5,203 | — | — | $982 |
| 2020 | $9,815 | $9,471 | $3,675 | — | — | $601 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rob Taylor (president); Lucas Rojek (secretary-treasurer); Robert Such (director at large); Don Schultz (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Beltline Urban Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838825735RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.