Sarda Ag Research Association
Publicly funded institution · Donnelly, Alberta · BN 104896550RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,257,124) as filed with the CRA.
Sarda Ag Research Association is a charitable organization based in Donnelly, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Promote agricultural research and development throughapplied demonstration project. Program carried out includegeneral agricultural plot demonstration in the md od smokyriver. Northern sunrise county md of big lakes and md of greenview.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $327K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $292K | $97K | — | $2.3M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.2M | $9,395 | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $900 | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1,452 | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 1 charity:
- RBC Foundation$100K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$711K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sarda Ag Research Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 104896550RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.