Alberta TrailNet Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 890759749RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($576,424) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta TrailNet Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $451K in revenue and $576K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $847K in 2020 to $451K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Promoting a trail network including the Trans Canada Trail connecting all Albertans. We support local and regional groups in their trail-building activities. We promote active living through the development and use of sustainable recreational trails. We represent recreational trails related trail infrastructure and trail interests in land use discussions. We represent and promote through a formal agreement the Trans Canada Trail in Alberta and coordinate routing requests for funding and reporting processes. We own rail rights-of-way in Alberta that may have originally been donated to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $451K | $576K | $414K | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $625K | $552K | $371K | — | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $887K | $3,273 | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $11K | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $847K | $811K | — | $1,820 | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$332K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marvin Lee Bjornstad (secretary); Christopher Brookes (director); Jeff Gruttz (director); Christine Nelson (president); David Wasserman (director); Loren Winnick (director); Alison Douglas (director); Manda Wilde (director); Ronda Rankin (treasurer); Deborah Olsen (vice president); Fred Wilton (vice president); Maida Zederayko (director); Beverly Bruyere (director); Denise Thompson (director); Sierra Heisler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta TrailNet Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890759749RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.