Chinook Applied Research Association
Publicly funded institution · Oyen, Alberta · BN 100952753RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,437,195) as filed with the CRA.
Chinook Applied Research Association is a charitable organization based in Oyen, Alberta, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
The chinook applied research association (cara) carries out a program of agriculturally orientated adaptive research and demonstration projects at various locations throughout the special areas and md of acadia. The information generated from these projects is made available to local farmers and ranchers assisting them in maintaining profitable and environmentally sustainable operations. Cara staff also represent the local agricultural community by taking concerns and issues to the provincial level and by participating in various provincial initiatives with other members of the agricultural…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1M | $1.1M | $823K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $769K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$766K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gloria Nelson (president); David Eaton (past president); Landon Olsen (financial supervisor); Richard Baley (director); Nathan Berg (director); Kyle Christianson (director); Marie Cowan (director); Matthew Gould (director); Dan Grudecki (director); Curtis Benedict (director); Scott Heeg (director); Jory Hoffman (director); Don Hogan (director); John Kimber (director); Tyrel Kuhn (director); Kirby Laughlin (director); Kevin Letniak (director); Gordon Long (director); Barry Redel (director); Olivia Sederberg (director); Chad Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinook Applied Research Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 100952753RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.