Wizard Lake Watershed and Lake Stewardship Association
Publicly funded institution · Calmar, Alberta · BN 858587926RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,880) as filed with the CRA.
Wizard Lake Watershed and Lake Stewardship Association is a charitable organization based in Calmar, Alberta, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $15K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,500.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,022 in 2020 to $16K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Maintains and posts educational material of the community bulletin board. Publish and distribute quarterly newsletter. Work with rcmp on patrolling the lake. Co-ordinate homesite consultation program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $15K | $12K | — | — | $9,724 |
| 2023 | $17K | $15K | $8,397 | — | — | $8,904 |
| 2022 | $10K | $9,532 | $8,091 | — | — | $6,871 |
| 2021 | $25K | $25K | — | — | — | $6,374 |
| 2020 | $7,022 | $6,644 | — | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $7,500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blake Barlett (chair); Brian Clemo (vice chair); Kevin Cummings (director); Kate Daniel (director); Corey Drynan (director); Kathie Drynan (director); Linc Drynan (director); Leberne Ellsworth (director); Shane Hammell (director); John Hrynkow (treasurer); Richard Ipsen (director); Benn Kilburn (director); Bryan Mason (director); Linda Barlett (secretary); Elise Pallard (director); Abby Royea (director); Riad Assaf (director); Donna Andres (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wizard Lake Watershed and Lake Stewardship Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858587926RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.