Rocky Mountain Rail Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 132962507RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,357) as filed with the CRA.
Rocky Mountain Rail Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $76K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $930.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $76K in 2024.
In its own words
Operation of speeder rail car supporting Alberta Prairie operation at Warden site. Ongoing fundraising from members and general public. Souvenir sales and tours of locomotive at Warden site. Repairs to locomotive boiler. Repairs to locomotive wheels and other mechanical components.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $76K | $116K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $47K |
| 2023 | $55K | $107K | $1,535 | — | $0 | $98K |
| 2022 | $24K | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $118K |
| 2021 | $18K | $74K | $0 | — | $0 | $97K |
| 2020 | $28K | $26K | — | — | — | $170K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $930 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rocky Mountain Rail Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132962507RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.