River of Death and Discovery Dinosaur Museum Society
Publicly funded institution · Wembley, Alberta · BN 845700202RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,660,729) as filed with the CRA.
River of Death and Discovery Dinosaur Museum Society is a charitable organization based in Wembley, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,551.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
No-for-profit society to operate a dinosaur museum facility as a world-class centre of learning discovery and science. The society operates the museum under a tenancy lease agreement with the county of grande prairie no. 1 and extends on endowed professorship in paleontology with the university of alberta. Rafting experience
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.7M | $967K | — | — | $294K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $864K | — | — | $607K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $735K | — | — | $572K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $632K | — | — | $657K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $642K | — | — | $383K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,551 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ryan Mysko (chair); Steve Zimmerman (director); Bob Marshall (treasurer); Teresa Scott (vice chair); Cory Williams (secretary); Tom Burton (director); Parminder Ghuman (director); Christine Ketchum (director); Jenny Daubert (director); Brian Grant (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from River of Death and Discovery Dinosaur Museum Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845700202RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.