Red Deer River Naturalists
Charitable organization · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 119112555RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,182) as filed with the CRA.
Red Deer River Naturalists is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $538K in revenue and $35K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $417.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $9,500 to Red Deer Polytech.
In its own words
1. monthly meetings feathering excellent nature speakers. 2.Focus groups on birds and flowers. 3.Central AB birding trails. 4. Red deer Birding Trails. 5.Habitat steward program( obtaining rural land owners to keep natural areas -natural) 6. Christmas and May bird counts. 7. Scholarship program for Red Deer Polytechnic science students 7. publish a nature informative newsletter for our members 8 times per year
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $538K | $35K | $16K | $0 | $16K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $63K | $19K | — | — | $10K | $749K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $19K | $65K | $54K | — | $3,610 | $820K |
| 2020 | $705K | $689K | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 | $841K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 7 qualified donees:
- Red Deer Polytech$9,500
- mEDICINE RIVER REHABILITATION WILDLIFE CENTER$2,000
- BLACKFALDS &AREA hISTORICal Society$2,000
- Alberta Society of Professional Biologists$1,125
- CENTRAL ALBERTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR fOUNDATION$1,000
- Friends of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre$250
- City of Red Deer Archives$200
Received $417 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Red Deer River Naturalists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119112555RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.