Glenbow - Alberta Institute
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107435695RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,621,891) as filed with the CRA.
Glenbow - Alberta Institute is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $53.9M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12M.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 35 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.2M in 2020 to $53.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a museum art gallery library and archives. The museum protects and cares for the collections and makes the collection available to the public through admissions educational programs and online.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53.9M | $7.6M | $3.1M | $778K | — | $134M |
| 2023 | $36.3M | $7.8M | $3.4M | $828K | — | $82.7M |
| 2022 | $21.7M | $5.4M | $2.4M | $844K | — | $54.2M |
| 2021 | $14.6M | $6.7M | $2.9M | $678K | $0 | $38.8M |
| 2020 | $6.2M | $9.6M | $6M | $716K | $0 | $30.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12M from 19 charities:
- Shaw Family Foundation$7M
- The Rogers Foundation$3M
- The Palmer Family Foundation$833K
- RBC Foundation$370K
- The Calgary Foundation$295K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$125K
- Carthy Foundation$100K
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$75K
- C&J Chan Foundation$50K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$50K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$20K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$13K
- Wayne Foo Foundation$10K
- Berkhold Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,476
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,058
- The Hotchkiss Family Foundation$5,000
- Canada Gives$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions35
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicholas Bell (governor/president & ceo); Chris Chan (governor); Ken Featherstonhaugh (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Glenbow - Alberta Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107435695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.