The Valley Zoo Development Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 886397595RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,318,367) as filed with the CRA.
The Valley Zoo Development Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 19% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $196K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to City of Edmonton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $984K in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024.
In its own words
To raise public awareness and funds for the edmonton valley zoo
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $3.3M | $35K | $917K | $2M | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2M | $967 | $1.7M | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $32K | $1M | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $937K | $218K | $557K | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $984K | $671K | $5,298 | $488K | — | $774K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 1 qualified donee:
- City of Edmonton$1.7M
Received $196K from 8 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$401K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Valley Zoo Development Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886397595RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.