Big Lake Environment Support Society
Publicly funded institution · ST. Albert, Alberta · BN 897955233RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,665) as filed with the CRA.
Big Lake Environment Support Society is a charitable organization based in ST. Albert, 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 $38K in revenue and $19K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,801.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13K in 2020 to $38K in 2024.
In its own words
Free environmental education stewardship of lois hole centennial prov.park environmental advocacy for big lake wetlands
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $38K | $19K | $1,636 | — | — | $1,948 |
| 2023 | $34K | $36K | $36K | — | — | $2,953 |
| 2022 | $24K | $16K | $15K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $13K | $15K | $14K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $13K | $140K | $137K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,801 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Lake Environment Support Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897955233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.