Cumberland Trails Association
Publicly funded institution · West Pugwash, Nova Scotia · BN 870171568RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($186,724) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland Trails Association is a charitable organization based in West Pugwash, Nova Scotia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $142K in revenue and $187K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 67% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $46K in 2020 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Enhance communication between trail groups and users - regular trail maintenance - grant writing - working on permissions to add waterfall hikes to the fundy geopark - free guided hikes averaging one a month - annual tree planting - continue partner project support with sunrise trails and oxford trails groups - free annual guided bicycle event
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $187K | $186K | — | — | $32K |
| 2023 | $262K | $229K | $219K | $4,287 | $1,565 | $76K |
| 2022 | $481K | $473K | $117K | — | $55K | $42K |
| 2021 | $296K | $276K | $276K | — | — | $35K |
| 2020 | $46K | $38K | $38K | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 7 charities:
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$41K
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$31K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,291
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,159
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Nix (president); Sheldon Conrad (vice president); Rene Drennan (secretary); Clara McDonald (treasurer); Doug Marsshall (director); Dalphanie Heuze (director); Mike Hudson (director); Sheldon Conrad (director); Larry McDonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland Trails Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870171568RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.