Historical Society of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118958636RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($132,059) as filed with the CRA.
Historical Society of Alberta 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 $143K in revenue and $132K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,861.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group.
In its own words
The historical society of alberta (hsa) publishes a quaterly magazine(alberta history) and a quarterly newsletter (history now). Hsa also publishes books on alberta's history which are usually based on diaries and collections of letters. Hsa is also the coordinating ogranization for five local historical societies as follows: central alberta historical society chilnook county historical society edmonton ..... Lethbridge historical society and peace country historical society. These chapters offer programs of seminars walking tours bus trips etc. For members of the hsa and the general public.…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $143K | $132K | $72K | $300 | $28K | $398K |
| 2023 | $203K | $123K | $82K | $371 | $9,885 | $516K |
| 2022 | $167K | $106K | $58K | — | $14K | $440K |
| 2021 | $90K | $84K | $37K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $191K | $169K | $78K | — | $9,401 | $362K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,861 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$8,364
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Historical Society of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118958636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.