Ellis Bird Farm LTD.
Charitable organization · Lacombe, Alberta · BN 118897867RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($537,037) as filed with the CRA.
Ellis Bird Farm LTD. is a charitable organization based in Lacombe, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $818K in revenue and $537K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $430K in 2020 to $818K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Banding and tracking bluebird; provide nestboxes; develop public education materials focussing on bird conservation including day camps and school programs; sponsor or conduct scientific or research relative to the long-term effects of a petrochemical plant and related human activities on certain bird species in the vicinity of such operations and winter bird feeding program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $818K | $537K | $437K | $23K | — | $794K |
| 2023 | $462K | $485K | $407K | $7,590 | — | $466K |
| 2022 | $387K | $426K | $354K | $4,395 | — | $521K |
| 2021 | $348K | $362K | $301K | $2,702 | — | $573K |
| 2020 | $430K | $418K | $368K | $855 | — | $577K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 8 charities:
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$39K
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$6,166
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$4,329
- Community Foundation of Central Alberta$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,492
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature$2,220
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$57
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$252K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Shepherd (member-at-large); Howard Oudman (chairman/president); Shella Sayer (secretary); Natalie Lund (member at large); Gerald Blake (fan representative); Dani Ducross (member at large); Ron Bjorge (vice chair); John Bontje (member at large); Scott Maetche (meglobal representative); Cameron Baldwin (treasurer); Terry Young (member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ellis Bird Farm LTD.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118897867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.