The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118927870RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,670,103) as filed with the CRA.
The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $4.7M in revenue and $4.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Through walking tours workshops and land-based learning the confluence brought calgarians downtown to gather and connect with each other and the truthful histories about the place we now call calgary. In 2023 these events were offered in partnership with other organizations. Examples include chinook blast walk for reconciliation orange shirt day walking tour women's history walking tours craft workshops and true crime walking tours. The confluence also brought visitors and vibrancy to the downtown through large community events like canada day country thunder calgary pride brewery an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.7M | $3M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $1.9M | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Beck (chair); Beverly Longstaff (director); Alyssa Berry (director); Janet Hutchinson (director); Gael Macleod (director); Carol Mason (director); Susan Reckseidler (director); Mike Woodward (director); Georgine Ulmer (director); Paul Wright (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118927870RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.