Discovery Routes Trails Organization
Publicly funded institution · North Bay, Ontario · BN 868861998RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($127,723) as filed with the CRA.
Discovery Routes Trails Organization is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, 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 $129K in revenue and $128K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
Discovery Routes has a variety of programs to encourage and support recreational trail use and development such as: - promotion of multi-use recreational trails and active transportation systems through website trail maps wayfinding and trailhead signs social media and trail events - building and facilitating partnerships between trail groups and stakeholders - trail programming to increase trail use such as a used bicycle donation program - awareness events and activities to encourage safe and responsible use of trails and active transportation systems
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $128K | $109K | — | — | $19K |
| 2023 | $179K | $182K | $154K | — | — | $18K |
| 2022 | $136K | $145K | $125K | $0 | $0 | $20K |
| 2021 | $180K | $187K | $164K | — | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $107K | $100K | $85K | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 3 charities:
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$92K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Discovery Routes Trails Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868861998RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.