Calgary Rotary Challenger Park Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890243520RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,279,528) as filed with the CRA.
Calgary Rotary Challenger Park Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $546K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Managing and operating a barrier free sport and recreation park for everyone including people with disabilities. Continued with the 'everyone can play fund' which is intended to provide subsidies to disabled individuals and organizations serving the disbled community for their use of the park.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.3M | $577K | — | — | $10.3M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $551K | — | — | $9.5M |
| 2022 | $914K | $1.2M | $531K | — | — | $9.3M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $482K | — | — | $9.6M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1M | $318K | — | — | $9.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $546K from 12 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$500K
- Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund$14K
- Rotary Club of Calgary North Foundation$6,730
- The Calgary Foundation$5,872
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$5,100
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association - Calgary$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,165
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,875
- Rotary Club of Calgary North Foundation$1,000
- Rotary Club of Calgary Sarcee$1,000
- Community Service Fund$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$168
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$345K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Kozak (director); Sheila Maclean (director); Craig Tervit (director); Marvin Pawlivsky (director); Liz Lyle (director); Ronald Stickley (director); Jim Hutchens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Calgary Rotary Challenger Park Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890243520RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.