The Writers' Guild of Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 121494207RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($661,323) as filed with the CRA.
The Writers' Guild of Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. 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 $669K in revenue and $661K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $4,599 in 2024, the largest being $4,599 to The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Public events to inspire connect support encourage and promote alberta writers and writing including: annual agm and conferences alberta literary awards gala monthly events in edmonton and calgary read alberta books travelling library display emerging writers outreach. - programs to support and develop writers including: mentorship program manuscript reading service youth programs borderline writers circle westword magazines on writing life/business writeclick email newsletter and online community for writing news and information.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $669K | $661K | $657K | — | $4,599 | $314K |
| 2023 | $712K | $713K | $705K | — | $7,245 | $306K |
| 2022 | $664K | $627K | $611K | — | $16K | $306K |
| 2021 | $628K | $479K | $474K | — | $4,900 | $269K |
| 2020 | $688K | $711K | $494K | — | $5,700 | $120K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,599 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $38K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$320K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Martin (president); Dorothy Bentley (vice-president); Nicholas Brown (treasurer); Moorea Gray (secretary); Nicole Hill (member-at-large); Moni Brar (member-at-large); Anna Shannon (member-at-large); Anne Bailey (member-at-large); Kendall Bistretzan (youth member-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Writers' Guild of Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121494207RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.