East Coast Trail Association Inc
Charitable organization · St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 899356364RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,047,051) as filed with the CRA.
East Coast Trail Association Inc is a charitable organization based in St.john's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $517K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 45% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $184K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Protection and preservation of the 540 km East Coast Trail. Performing trail maintenance on the trails. Approximately 336 km are developed. Providing a hiking program for our members and general public operated by volunteers. Working with land owners municipal and provincial government to maintain and secure public access and rights of way. Worked with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to seek policy and legislative changes required to protect the trail and coastline. Sold maps guidebooks memberships and other items to support the trail and increase awareness to our hikers. P…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $517K | $1M | $709K | $6,342 | — | -$746 |
| 2023 | $568K | $1.6M | $1.3M | $5,116 | — | $126K |
| 2022 | $542K | $1.3M | $1M | $585 | — | $177K |
| 2021 | $497K | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1,592 | $0 | $155K |
| 2020 | $357K | $1.5M | $1.3M | $177 | — | $148K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $184K from 10 charities:
- The Northpine Foundation$80K
- Aqueduct Foundation$50K
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$31K
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,058
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,947
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$1,956
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$504K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Randy Murphy (president); Robert Hickey (chair); Patrick Ryan (vp trail management); Harold Mullowney (vp stakeholder relations); Doug Ballam (vp trail protection); Angelina Mosseau-Hayes (director); Shane Skinner (vp marketing & communications); Virginia Hobbs (director); Renee Quilty (director corporate governance); Sharlene Goobie (vp finance & administration); Sarah Byrne (vp legal); Eric Kedrosky (vp fundraising).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from East Coast Trail Association Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899356364RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.