Heritage Park Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118956457RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,834,873) as filed with the CRA.
Heritage Park Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29M in revenue and $30.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 138 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $18.9M in 2020 to $29M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
1. Interpretation of historical assets/artifacts and portrayal of lifestyles associated with the turn of the 20th century in Western Canada 2. Collecting cataloging and displaying of artifacts 3. Education programs run in conjunction with local schools including Wetlands education 4. Presentation restoration and stewardship of assets and artifacts 5. Adult education programs 6. Consultation and relationship building with communities to bring more diverse storytelling to HP exhibits and programming
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29M | $30.8M | $21M | $628K | $184K | $81.8M |
| 2023 | $30.2M | $31.6M | $21M | $555K | — | $84.5M |
| 2022 | $26.9M | $27.8M | $17.8M | $469K | $0 | $76.2M |
| 2021 | $22M | $21.1M | $14M | $278K | $502K | $77M |
| 2020 | $18.9M | $15.5M | $10.7M | $280K | — | $76.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.3M from 13 charities:
- The Heritage Park Foundation$1M
- Aqueduct Foundation$145K
- The Calgary Foundation$30K
- Berkhold Family Foundation$30K
- The Donald And Eleanor Seaman Family Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$6,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Hotchkiss Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,129
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,647
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation$2,000
- The Alberta Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Viewpoint Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions138
- Total compensation, all staff$16.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brittany LaBranche (chair); Joseph Anderson (trustee); Michael Martin (vice chair); Lorne O'Reilly (trustee); Joy Romero (trustee); Lori Scotvold (secretary/treasurer); Karen Brookman (trustee); Michael Lindsay (trustee); Hala Dehais (trustee); Paul Harrison (trustee); Brian Lanier (trustee); Brian Calliou (trustee); Hasan Naqvi (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Heritage Park Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118956457RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.