Gateway Research Organization
Charitable organization · Westlock, Alberta · BN 107831943RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($689,748) as filed with the CRA.
Gateway Research Organization is a charitable organization based in Westlock, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $837K in revenue and $690K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6,000.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Provides an ability to respond to producers need for research and information to address better management practices for their farms. Provides a good resource for information transfer and extension to producers. Provides collaboration with specialists from the agriculture industry government and educational institutions. Provides high quality unbiased scientifically sound research.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $837K | $690K | $565K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $899K | $698K | $596K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $775K | $719K | $639K | — | — | $859K |
| 2021 | $498K | $591K | $509K | — | — | $804K |
| 2020 | $647K | $474K | $420K | — | — | $897K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$398K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Hittinger (chair); Kurtis Properzi (vice-chair); Graham Letts (treasurer); Kyle Cross (secretary); Uwe Quendbaum (director); Ken Anderson (director); Robert Geis (director); Lorrie Jesperson (director); Byron Long (director); Randy Pidsadowski (director); Adam McMillan (director); Kenliegh Pasay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gateway Research Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107831943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.