Edmonton Heritage Council Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 826366668RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,465,996) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Heritage Council Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $2.4M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $696.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We connect people to the stories of our city by helping Edmontonians research preserve interpret and advocate for our heritage. The Edmonton Heritage Council has undertaken a number of initiatives that explore Edmonton’s past and present and look toward the city’s future with the goal of providing Edmontonians a deeper understanding of who they are. The FIRE Grant program (Funding Indigenous Resurgence in Edmonton) provides funding assistance—up to $10 000—to Indigenous (First Nations Métis and Inuit) individuals and organizations to support projects that help tell important storie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.1M | — | $1,500 | $489K |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $533K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $274K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $113K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $696 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Gilchist (treasurer); James Lamouche (director); Abbey Preston (director); Mercy Afrane (director); Adegoke Ogundeyl (director); Kyle Schole (director); Lauren Wheeler (director); Geoff Wagner (vice chair); Burylo Jessica (chair); Abbey Preston (secretary); Joanne Collins-Gonsalves (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Heritage Council Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 826366668RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.