Medicine River Wildlife Centre
Charitable organization · Spruce View, Alberta · BN 131357352RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($627,857) as filed with the CRA.
Medicine River Wildlife Centre is a charitable organization based in Spruce View, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $793K in revenue and $628K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
G2- preservation of species wildlife protection 60% c10 - public education other study programs 40%
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $793K | $628K | $543K | $16K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $884K | $559K | $485K | $10K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $593K | $546K | $479K | $11K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $529K | $579K | $523K | $8,128 | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $913K | $518K | $462K | $1,864 | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Liana Shaw (president); Sharon Macpherson (director); Carol Kelly (ex-officio); Sharon Bright (secretary/treasurer); Judy Boyd (recording secretary); Tim Battle (director); Stan Masters (director); Len Parsons (vice president); Linda McLevin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131357352RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.