Friends Society of the Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives
Public foundation · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 869017129RR0002 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($233,549) as filed with the CRA.
Friends Society of the Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives is a public foundation based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $234K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,291.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,078 in 2020 to $54K in 2024.
In its own words
Support of ongoing educational programing at the galt museum & archives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $234K | $233K | — | — | $450K |
| 2023 | $252K | $69K | $7,157 | $3,329 | $62K | $372K |
| 2022 | — | $18K | — | — | — | $88K |
| 2021 | $6,119 | $19K | — | — | $409 | $31K |
| 2020 | $7,078 | $44K | $5,890 | — | $481 | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,291 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends Society of the Sir Alexander Galt Museum & Archives’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869017129RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.