Blackfalds & Area Historical Society
Publicly funded institution · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 836757740RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($56,069) as filed with the CRA.
Blackfalds & Area Historical Society is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, 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 $23K in revenue and $56K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $103K in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Archives - open to public displays - open to public - the town has not opened our building like before
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $56K | $56K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $21K | $21K | $21K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $28K | $19K | $18K | — | — | $120K |
| 2021 | $28K | $21K | $19K | — | — | $111K |
| 2020 | $103K | $56K | $55K | — | — | $103K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$6,525
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Don Wadey (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blackfalds & Area Historical Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836757740RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.