SOCIETY OF GRASSLANDS NATURALISTS
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·188 RANCHMAN CRES NE · MEDICINE HAT, AB · T1C 0E4·BN 130725922RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Ongoing programs: 1. Educational programs for our members and for the general public (speakers activities displays) 2. Management of the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program which operates the Police Point Park Nature Centre offering services to schools community groups and the general public 3. Co-ordination of bird plant and invertebrate field trips and citizen science counts 4. Liaison with other naturalist organizations and with government agencies to do with environmental issues 5. Education about and working to control invasive species 6. Wrapping trees with wire mesh to protect… Show more
Ongoing programs: 1. Educational programs for our members and for the general public (speakers activities displays) 2. Management of the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program which operates the Police Point Park Nature Centre offering services to schools community groups and the general public 3. Co-ordination of bird plant and invertebrate field trips and citizen science counts 4. Liaison with other naturalist organizations and with government agencies to do with environmental issues 5. Education about and working to control invasive species 6. Wrapping trees with wire mesh to protect them from damage done by beavers 7. Participating in clean-up of parks trails and riparian areas within the city 8. Distribution of our published 'Bird Trails - a Guide to Birding in SE Alberta' 9. Printing and distribution of 'Wild Flowers of SE Alberta' brochure 10. 'Scenic Views' project with descriptive signage of several trails within Medicine Hat
New programs
A continuing project for 2024 was: 1. 'Scenic Views' project with rack cards developed and printed and the 'Scenic Views' book published and distributed 2. 'Adopt a Pond' with volunteers assigned to the more than 20 ponds and streams within the city to clean up around the pond and monitor it 3. 'Invasive Species' projects
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)8%
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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.9 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$287K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)72%
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 ↗
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 | $327K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.8 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $260K | 91¢ | 9% | 1 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $284K | 92¢ | 8% | 0.6 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $285K | 91¢ | 9% | 0.8 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $306K | 92¢ | 8% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $287K | 92¢ | 8% | 0.9 yr |
| trend |
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)
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- Horch, PhilPast Presidentarm's length
- Maudsley, MarthaSecretaryarm's length
- Turner, AngelaTreasurerarm's length
- Turner, IanDirector at Largearm's length
- Fisher, LindaDirector at Largearm's length
- McLeod, SheilaPresidentarm's length
- Linowski, CathyVice Presidentarm's length
- Thibault, PaulDirector at Largearm'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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