Sustainable Calgary Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 872885066RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($243,949) as filed with the CRA.
Sustainable Calgary Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $432K in revenue and $244K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $37K in 2020 to $432K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Connaught open street chickadee challenge dialogue for a change
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $432K | $244K | — | — | — | $315K |
| 2023 | $156K | $84K | — | — | — | $127K |
| 2022 | $134K | $150K | — | — | — | $55K |
| 2021 | $500K | $449K | $4,503 | — | — | $71K |
| 2020 | $37K | $112K | — | — | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,798
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Barrett (director at large); Brett Bergie (chair); Fateme Taridashti (director at large); Ann Toohey (treasurer); Jon Yee (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sustainable Calgary Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872885066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.