We recently reviewed the T3010 Registered Charity Information Return database for 2012 as part of the Sean Blumberg Transparency Project. We have taken a subset of the 2012 T3010 data to look at only registered charities based in Alberta. The data set was updated to January 2014. Alberta has a very important charitable sector and this will shed a small amount of light on some of the numbers.
Some of the highlights of the Blumbergs’ Snapshot of the Alberta Charity Sector include:
- 9,096 registered charities in Alberta
- 3,309 of the registered charities listed websites
- 8,329 identified themselves as active and 574 as inactive
- 3,708 made gifts to other charities or qualified donees during their 2012 fiscal year
- $29.4 billion in total revenue for Alberta charities and total expenditures of $29.2 billion.
- 696 conducted activities outside of Canada and spent about $157 million outside of Canada
- 23 Alberta charities received funds from CIDA
- 333 identified having contractual relationships with foreign intermediaries, 212 Alberta charities identified that employees conducted activities outside of Canada and 416 had volunteers conducting foreign activities.
- 43 identified carrying on political activities
- 3986 identified having employment expenses while 5028 did not have any employment expenses
- 186,933 full time employees and 229,079 part-time employees
- $15.7 Billion was spent by Alberta charities on salaries and other compensation expenditures
- $1.9 Billion in official donation receipts were issued by Alberta charities
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