Red Deer and District Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 119112241RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,606,129) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer and District Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The red deer museum & art gallery (mag) inspires greater understanding of the art history and heritage of red deer and central alberta. Through research artifact collection and conservation public art gallery space exhibitions and programs the mag challenges gathers and stimulates the community to engage in learning about the people history art and culture of central alberta and their connection to the rest of the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $997K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $969K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $912K | — | — | $836K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $13K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$925K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shelley Odishaw (chair); Valdene Callin (director); Lauren Pezzella (treasurer); Matt Gould (vice chair); Diana Pena (director); Stephen Merredew (director); Dianne Wyntjes (city council rep); Jillian Best (director); Robin Lambert (director); Chandra Kastern (dir of operations); Chris Traeger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer and District Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119112241RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.