The Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society
Publicly funded institution · Wembley, Alberta · BN 131376329RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($236,367) as filed with the CRA.
The Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society is a charitable organization based in Wembley, 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $257K in revenue and $236K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,000.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $158K in 2020 to $257K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Agricultural programs for the community and a hall for community use movie day diamond dinner community suppers family day event christmas concert garage sale eggciting easter bingo night ladies night
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $257K | $236K | $133K | $9,661 | — | $74K |
| 2023 | $100K | $148K | $78K | $12K | — | $53K |
| 2022 | $134K | $149K | $126K | $8,479 | — | $63K |
| 2021 | $121K | $131K | $117K | $3,442 | — | $78K |
| 2020 | $158K | $150K | $119K | $1,894 | — | $88K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gayle Martin (2nd vice president); Sherida Wanke (director); Len Girard (director); Heather Hammonds (president); Chanelle Schoepp (director); Kristy Williams (director); Dave Hegland (director); Rachelle Pinard-Kulovitz (director); Jillian Stack (director); Sonja Raven (director); Michelle Forrest (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131376329RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.