Societe Historique et Genealogique de Smoky River Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Donnelly, Alberta · BN 119153914RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($45,864) as filed with the CRA.
Societe Historique et Genealogique de Smoky River Alberta is a charitable organization based in Donnelly, 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 February 28, 2024, it reported $79K in revenue and $46K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $79K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Transcribing casette records helping those interested on personal research on family genealogy. Educating and recording local and surrounding areas on local history.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $46K | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | — | $26K | $26K | — | — | -$727K |
| 2022 | $21K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $19K | $42K | $42K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $26K | $44K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $33K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carmen Ewing (president); Elizabeth Bohnke (vice-president); Lucille Bussiere (secretary); Wendy Gagnon (treasurer); Diane Therriault (director); Yvonne Sawchyn (director); Marie Guenette (director); Susan Champion (director); Therese Lambert (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Societe Historique et Genealogique de Smoky River Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119153914RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.