Wagner Natural Area Society
Publicly funded institution · Acheson, Alberta · BN 119287522RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,156) as filed with the CRA.
Wagner Natural Area Society is a charitable organization based in Acheson, 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 $34K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,875 in 2020 to $34K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Natural habitat restoration environmental scientific research public education and outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34K | $32K | $32K | — | — | $61K |
| 2023 | $36K | $23K | $23K | — | — | $53K |
| 2022 | $32K | $20K | $17K | — | — | $47K |
| 2021 | $1,960 | $4,832 | $4,832 | — | — | $47K |
| 2020 | $6,875 | $8,868 | $8,868 | — | — | $47K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$23K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Ealey (president); David Fielder (treasurer); Larissa Clayton (director/secretary); Chris Saunders (director); Megan Edgar (director); Carolyn Vanderveen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wagner Natural Area Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119287522RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.