Avalanche Canada Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Revelstoke, British Columbia · BN 869000349RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,672,550) as filed with the CRA.
Avalanche Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.4M in 2024, the largest being $3.4M to Avalanche Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To support avalanche canada for so long as it remains a qualified donee under the income tax act (canada) by 1) providing grants and other forms of financial support from time to time and 2) prudently holding investing managing and administering any funds or assets of avalanche canada entrusted to it. To advance avalanche safety by providing program that prevent and minimize avalanche risk to the public. To advance avalanche education by 1) providing courses workshops seminars and conferences that improve avalanche safety for the public 2) providing scholarships bursaries and other fo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $3.7M | $24K | $44K | $3.4M | $708K |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.5M | $19K | $20K | $3.3M | $728K |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $8,450 | $32K | $2.5M | $801K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $998K | $9,835 | $28K | $870K | $762K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $47K | $24K | $905K | $630K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.4M to 1 qualified donee:
- Avalanche Canada$3.4M
Received $31K from 12 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$8,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Place2Give Foundation$5,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,034
- Qube Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$748
- Canadahelps Canadon$566
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$85
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$69K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keenan Cannady (vice-president); Ted Hincks (director); Lyndon Neville (treasurer); William Jackson (director); Kevin Williams (director); Gilles Valade (director); Fabian Karg (president); Matt Harmsworth (director); Darrell Peterson (director); Jon Germain (director); Serin Remedios (secretary); Quinn Ingham (director); Jeff Stork (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avalanche Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869000349RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.