Environmental Law Centre (alberta) Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118900679RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($655,713) as filed with the CRA.
Environmental Law Centre (alberta) Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $478K in revenue and $656K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer 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.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $770 in 2024, the largest being $770 to Canadahelps Canadon. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $799K in 2020 to $478K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $478K | $656K | $479K | $1,200 | $770 | $670K |
| 2023 | $391K | $549K | $358K | — | — | $848K |
| 2022 | $800K | $570K | $325K | — | $20K | $1M |
| 2021 | $885K | $764K | $388K | — | — | $777K |
| 2020 | $799K | $775K | $371K | — | — | $656K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $770 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $78K from 4 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$510K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carol Bettac (director at large); Shari Clare (vice-president); Michelle Forrieter (secretary); Carmeron Jefferies (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Environmental Law Centre (alberta) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118900679RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.