Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 875787913RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,022,173) as filed with the CRA.
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8.2M in revenue and $8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 18% from government, 33% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Pembina Institute promotes public education and information that increases understanding about environmental and global energy issues. We provide research analysis and recommendations to inform policies and practices related to energy natural systems and communities. We provide our expertise to industry and government leaders through a science-based approach to policy regulation environmental protection and energy development. Our programs include: Conventional Energy research and education Climate Change research and education Sustainable Energy research and education Sustainab…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.2M | $8M | $6.3M | $63K | $140K | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $8.3M | $8.1M | — | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $6.8M | $5.4M | $181K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $6.3M | $5.2M | $4,250 | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $6.6M | $6.2M | $4.9M | $213K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3M from 33 charities:
- Ivey Foundation$600K
- Environment Funders Canada$493K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$250K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$225K
- North Family Foundation$200K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$150K
- Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation$150K
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- Canadahelps Canadon$115K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$100K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$100K
- Vancouver Foundation$90K
- The Houssian Foundation$75K
- T-Gear Foundation$70K
- The Calgary Foundation$40K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$35K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$30K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$30K
- The Auxilium Foundation$25K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$25K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,431
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$5,000
- N.a. Taylor Foundation$3,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$5.5M
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 Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875787913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.