Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society
Public foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 731893491RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($75,764) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society is a public foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $67K in revenue and $76K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,502.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $72K in 2024, the largest being $43K to Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We support a community of environmentally responsible citizens with nature-based educational experiences presentations and workshops. We want to to further position the helen schuler nature centre as a world-class facility that connects visitors and residents to the many benefits of the great outdoors. We want to facilitate interactive experiences and memorable moments in addition to supporting the nature centre's growth in our community through: supporting environmental education programs and special projects enhancing the resources of the helen schuler nature centre fostering the impor…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $67K | $76K | $3,037 | — | $73K | $0 |
| 2023 | $48K | $70K | $3,996 | — | $66K | -$2,989 |
| 2022 | $54K | $15K | $3,880 | — | $11K | $64K |
| 2021 | $25K | $20K | $1,241 | — | $19K | $26K |
| 2020 | $76K | $258K | $4,447 | — | $254K | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $72K to 5 qualified donees:
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$43K
- City of Lethbridge - Helen Schuler Nature Centre$27K
- Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation$1,170
- The Lethbridge School Division$431
- The Lethbridge Young Men's Christian Association$378
Received $8,502 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$362
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Usher (president); Kristen Aspden (vice president); Taylor Hecker (secretary); Curtis Goodman (treasurer); Deborah Kellett (director); Vincent Fournier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 731893491RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.