Pigeon Lake Watershed Association
Publicly funded institution · Mulhurst Bay, Alberta · BN 855414785RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($117,330) as filed with the CRA.
Pigeon Lake Watershed Association is a charitable organization based in Mulhurst Bay, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $129K in revenue and $117K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 68% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Program initiatives include activities that restore and preserve the natural ecosystem and improve water quality. These activities include but are not limited to: watershed management planning stewardship engagement and education projects such as runoff demonstration sites and riparian restoration land use and regulatory review science advocacy research and water quality monitoring. Initiates and programs target a variety of user groups and topics related to a variety of topic which promote a healthy lake and watershed including land use drainage shoreline wastewater management and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $117K | $58K | $0 | $0 | $160K |
| 2023 | $294K | $176K | $104K | — | $0 | $114K |
| 2022 | $270K | $258K | — | $0 | $0 | $99K |
| 2021 | $199K | $163K | $17K | $1,123 | $0 | $90K |
| 2020 | $122K | $126K | — | — | — | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrick Melia (treasurer); Betty Ann Lough (president); Robert Gibbs (director); David Crombie (director); Peggy Juchli (director); Ian Rawlinson (director); Glinnis Buffalo (vice president); John Haley; Don Davidson (sectretary); Ali Greenslade (director); Wayne Moonias (director); Leonard Standingontheroad.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pigeon Lake Watershed Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855414785RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.