North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 890443419RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,309,526) as filed with the CRA.
North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $119K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
To educate and increase the public's understanding of watershed protection and its importance by developing and providing programs on the protection and improvement of water quality water quantity and the health of the North Saskatchewan Watershed. To conduct research relating to the protection of the North Saskatchewan Watershed and disseminate such research results. The NSWA is renewing its assessment of the State of the Watershed last completed in 2005 as a public education tool and a way to focus overall management of the watershed on important issues. The NSWA continues to le…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $442K | — | — | $979K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $311K | — | — | $985K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1M | $387K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $960K | $440K | — | — | $909K |
| 2020 | $1M | $955K | $406K | — | — | $627K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $119K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$868K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alan Corbett (director); Stephen Craik (director); Kyle Schole (vice chair); Jamie Bruha (director); Tony Lemay (director); Stephanie Neufeld (chair); Wade Teveniuk (director); Tracy Scott (director); Rhonda King (director); Mike Killick (director); Bart Guyon (director); Kristina Kowalski (secretary); Laurie Danielson (director); Ian Kwantes (director); Greg Goss (director); Adam Polzen (treasurer); Rick Wallace (director); Gennifer Mehlhaff (director); Miles Wowk (director); Elden Kozak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890443419RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.