Bow River Basin Council Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 864321526RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,192,470) as filed with the CRA.
Bow River Basin Council Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 78% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,000 in 2024, the largest being $7,000 to Trout Unlimited Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Watershed Planning and Advisory Council for the Bow river basin under Alberta's Water for Life Strategy - Stakeholder Engagement Committee - Science Committee - Legislation and Policy Committee - Watershed Stewardship Coordination Committee - Young Professional Committee - Governance Committee - Quarterly Forum - Annual Science Forum - Annual Legislation and Policy workshop
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $0 | $7,000 | $2M |
| 2023 | $1M | $853K | $839K | — | $10K | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $792K | $917K | $904K | $0 | $3,000 | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $737K | $664K | $0 | $14K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $821K | $794K | $750K | — | $6,000 | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Trout Unlimited Canada$7,000
Received $96K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$435K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Meadows (board chair); Richard Phillips (first vice chair); Mike Murray (executive director); Alan Breakey (director); Jason Schneider (director); Jason Mogilefsky (director); Scott Taylor (director); Rob Wolfe (director); Liliana Bozic (director); Pablo Pina (2nd vice chair); Mark Bennett (treasurer); Sarah Hamza (director); Chris Manderson (director); Megan Van Ham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bow River Basin Council Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864321526RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.