Friends of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 123783847RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($112,717) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $163K in revenue and $113K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $156.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,500 to Waskasoo Environmental Education Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Our funds support environmental education & help support nature. We donate items & supplies to our pre-school program recreational programs for adults & children as well as environmental & natural history.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $163K | $113K | — | — | $1,500 | $242K |
| 2023 | $118K | $112K | — | — | $500 | $178K |
| 2022 | $136K | $145K | — | — | $20K | $178K |
| 2021 | $136K | $57K | — | — | — | $187K |
| 2020 | $111K | $56K | — | — | — | $159K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $156 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jan Sirr (acting chair); Neil Garlough (treasurer); Jan Speelman (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123783847RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.