Society of Grasslands Naturalists
Publicly funded institution · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 130725922RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($284,631) as filed with the CRA.
Society of Grasslands Naturalists is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, 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 $287K in revenue and $285K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,252.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Ongoing programs: 1. Educational programs for our members and for the general public (speakers activities displays) 2. Management of the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program which operates the Police Point Park Nature Centre offering services to schools community groups and the general public 3. Co-ordination of bird plant and invertebrate field trips and citizen science counts 4. Liaison with other naturalist organizations and with government agencies to do with environmental issues 5. Education about and working to control invasive species 6. Wrapping trees with wire mesh to protect…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $287K | $285K | $261K | — | — | $234K |
| 2023 | $306K | $281K | $257K | $763 | — | $233K |
| 2022 | $285K | $264K | $241K | $913 | — | $207K |
| 2021 | $284K | $308K | $282K | $913 | — | $186K |
| 2020 | $260K | $241K | $219K | $0 | $0 | $211K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,252 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$222K
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 Society of Grasslands Naturalists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130725922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.