Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society
Public foundation · Drumheller, Alberta · BN 136334570RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,500,730) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society is a public foundation based in Drumheller, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $17K in 2024, the largest being $17K to Town of Drumheller. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Support research funding requests from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology including dinosaur research & palaeoecology amphibian mammal marine reptile research specimen collection preparation visiting researcher general research student research in-house education and distance learning programs. Also support funding requests for gallery exhibit design development installation and enhancement. Also run the Badlands Science Camp which is an overnight camp for kids that runs in July and August. We also support the Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Nicholls Post-doctoral Fellowship and the …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $3.5M | $207K | $0 | $17K | $378K |
| 2023 | $4M | $3.3M | $180K | $0 | $17K | $4M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $142K | $0 | $13K | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $244K | $0 | $13K | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $3.1M | $652K | $0 | $4,500 | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $17K to 1 qualified donee:
- Town of Drumheller$17K
Received $17K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$648K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bridget Unland (chairperson); Elaine Piwin (past chairperson); Ed Mah (secretary); Marty Eberth (treasurer); Guss Nash (director); Summer Manca (vice chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Tyrrell Museum Cooperating Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136334570RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.