Lethbridge & District Japanese Garden Society
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 122310931RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,228,537) as filed with the CRA.
Lethbridge & District Japanese Garden Society is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 49% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $72.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the lethbridge and district japanese garden society is to acquaint visitors with the cultural background of japanese gardens and to establish a monument toward the contribution to canadian culture by canadians of japanese origin.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $731K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | — | $778K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $858K |
| 2021 | $1M | $849K | — | — | — | $783K |
| 2020 | $864K | $625K | — | — | — | $594K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$701K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dawn Sugimoto (director); Timothy Koba (treasurer); Erin Crane (secretary); Rick Williams (director); Gideon Fujiwara (director); Chiye Kinjo (vice president); Rachel Hopf (director); Janet Adachi-Elkjaer (director); Rob Janzen (director); Carly Adams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lethbridge & District Japanese Garden Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122310931RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.