Miistakis Institute for the Rockies Inc.
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 890404965RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,260,999) as filed with the CRA.
Miistakis Institute for the Rockies Inc. is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 48% from government, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $231K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To undertake and support pure and applied research respecting the ecosystems of the rocky mountains and surrounding regions and to assist in the development and implement of collaborative ecosystem management through: a) eco/geographic date aggregation and sharing b) the development of decision support tools for landscape management
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $817K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $910K | — | — | $616K |
| 2022 | $930K | $936K | $775K | — | — | $554K |
| 2021 | $929K | $875K | $633K | — | — | $561K |
| 2020 | $984K | $983K | $793K | $115 | — | $506K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $231K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$684K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Craig Harding (chair (incoming)); Connie Van Der Byl (director); Jason Unger (director); Kim Pearson (director); Chad Willms (director); Dan Farr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Miistakis Institute for the Rockies Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890404965RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.