Waskasoo Environmental Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 107878787RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,589,903) as filed with the CRA.
Waskasoo Environmental Education Society is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $495K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The Nature Centre and Fort offer an extensive program of natural and human history early childhood and environmental education programs school programs preschool programs Wild Child youth educations programs workshops and more. Imagination Grove and Harmony Garden our outdoor play spaces are ongoing and hugely popular. Restoration of the Busby Gardens continues. Nature School our immersive cross curricular program continues. Green Deer also known as River Valley Cleanup our massive litter pick up campaign had a great turn out. We enjoyed bringing back the Nature For New Canadians a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $9,405 | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $965K | $5 | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $905K | $40 | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $991K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $495K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$830K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Wales (vice chair); Todd Nivens (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waskasoo Environmental Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107878787RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.