Sylvan Lake & District Archives Society
Publicly funded institution · Sylvan Lake, Alberta · BN 891961229RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,764) as filed with the CRA.
Sylvan Lake & District Archives Society is a charitable organization based in Sylvan Lake, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $13K in revenue and $13K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Collection and preservation of documents maps and other like materials documenting the history of sylvan lake and surrounding communities. Continuing to supply historical markers throughout our community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13K | $13K | $8,732 | — | — | $46K |
| 2023 | $9,989 | $18K | $14K | — | — | $45K |
| 2022 | $9,662 | $1,671 | — | — | — | $54K |
| 2021 | $6,774 | $3,083 | — | — | — | $42K |
| 2020 | $9,646 | $9,635 | — | — | — | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Denise Bignald (director); Lois Virtue (director); Inez Gathercole (director); Marie Schlahs (director); Heidi Bieganek (director); Greg Johnson (director); Dorothy Rowland (treasurer); Deb Carlson-McNaughton (vice president); Norene Reaume (president); Mary Rose (secreatary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sylvan Lake & District Archives Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891961229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.