The River Valley Alliance
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 890464308RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,346,390) as filed with the CRA.
The River Valley Alliance is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $13.3M in revenue and $13.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $52K.
Compared with 54 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $13.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
To promote coordinate and facilitate the protection preservation and enhancement of the north saskatchewan river valley within the boundaries of the municipalities of parkland country sturgeon county strathcona county town of devon city of fort saskatchewan and city of edmonton.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.3M | $13.3M | $13.1M | — | — | $291K |
| 2023 | $6M | $6M | $5.8M | — | — | $294K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $913K | — | — | $308K |
| 2021 | $663K | $687K | $490K | — | — | $335K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $360K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52K from 4 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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$317K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bradley Armstrong (director); Mark McRae (treasurer); Sally Kucher Johnson (municipal director); Ashley Salvador (municipal director); Michael Janz (municipal director); Roberts Parks (municipal director); Dan Derouin (municipal director); Nancy Thornton (director); Ben Gronberg (director); Patrick Noyen (director); Anita Cardinal-Stewart (director); Jonathan Kaida (director); Marilyn Cox (director); Gary Lukawesky (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The River Valley Alliance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890464308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.