Waskasoo Environmental Education Society
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·6300 45 AVENUE · RED DEER, AB · T4N 3M4·BN 107878787RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
80¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
20%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.7 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$1.7M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Waskasoo Environmental Education Society?
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Is Waskasoo Environmental Education Society a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 107878787RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Waskasoo Environmental Education Society located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 6300 45 AVENUE, RED DEER, AB, T4N 3M4. Source.
What does Waskasoo Environmental Education Society do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of Waskasoo Environmental Education Society's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 80¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Waskasoo Environmental Education Society?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $1.7M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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… Show more
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 as an ongoing program to educate newcomers about our beautiful part of the world. Using our Inclusion Framework as a guide we are using nature and environment and shared cultural experience to bridge cultural divides. Our Climate Literacy Framework is available to anyone from the Nature Centre and ReThink Red Deer. We continue to be involved in Red Deer's Adopt-A-Park and Adopt-A-Stream programs.
New programs
We were pleased to offer an expanded selection of Heritage Awareness programs at Historic Fort Normandeau including Métis beading hide tanning public archery pemmican making and much more. We held outdoor yoga and medicine bag workshops as well. We began a popular new youth program Wild In The Woods.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
80¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 80¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 80¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
20%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1.7 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$1.7M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
77%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
1%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
77%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
22%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $1.3M | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $1.2M | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.1M | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.3M | 82¢ | 18% | 2 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.4M | 78¢ | 22% | 1.9 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.7M | 80¢ | 20% | 1.7 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Adey, AmberDirectorarm's length
- Bogle, KellyDirectorarm's length
- Carfantan, CrystalChairarm's length
- Layden, StephanieDirectorarm's length
- Quirk, DustinDirectorarm's length
- Wielinga, DonTreasurerarm's length
- Wales, DonVice Chairarm's length
- Nivens, ToddExecutive Directorarm's length
- Pimm, LarryDirectorarm's length
- Beck, DavidSecretaryarm's length
- Krahn, ChadDirectorarm's length
- Lee, LawrenceDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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