Calgary Bird Banding Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 898874573RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,828) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Bird Banding Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. 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 $39K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 55% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,570.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Spring and fall monitoring of neo-tropical land birds at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary Alberta. 2. Fall migration monitoring of Northern Saw Whet Owls near Bragg Creek Alberta. 3. Nestbox monitoring and banding in SW Alberta.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $39K | $33K | $30K | — | $300 | $105K |
| 2023 | $74K | $67K | $63K | — | $0 | $99K |
| 2022 | $45K | $39K | $37K | — | — | $93K |
| 2021 | $47K | $39K | $37K | — | — | $87K |
| 2020 | $51K | $45K | $42K | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,570 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Collister (president); Cyndi Smith (vice president); Henry Klassen (treasurer); Garry Hornbeck (secretary); Lesley Kelly (director at large); Bob Cooper (director at large); Melissa Chisholm (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Bird Banding Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898874573RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.