Southern Alberta Land Trust Society
Charitable organization · Okotoks, Alberta · BN 897013223RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,019,306) as filed with the CRA.
Southern Alberta Land Trust Society is a charitable organization based in Okotoks, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.2M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations, 18% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $296K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Facilitating the protection of ecologically valuable private land in Southern Alberta in partnership with landowners through the use of conservation easements which are enabled through provincial legislation and further supported through Environment Canada's Ecological Gifts Program. The Society also works to educate the public about the value of private land conservation and the ecological goods and services provided by healthy landscapes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $121.9M |
| 2023 | $10.8M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $105.7M |
| 2022 | $28.7M | $7.3M | $7.2M | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2021 | $5.5M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $8.3M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | — | $62M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $296K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$358K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelly Hall (past chair); Todd Snodgrass (director); Shannon Matthyssen (treasurer); John Cross (director); Dave Guichon (director); Sheila Harvie (director); Anne Stevick (chair); John Buckley (vice chair); Doug French (director); Laura Frank (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Southern Alberta Land Trust Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897013223RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.