Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation
Public foundation · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 856134598RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,707) as filed with the CRA.
Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation is a public foundation based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $90K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $74K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $5,277 in 2024, the largest being $1,850 to The Board of Education of School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay).
In its own words
To provide financial assistance to underprivileged youth in the elk valley for participation in athletic artistic and educational programs to support their physical mental and emotional well being; to gift funds to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) of the income tax act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $90K | — | — | $87K | $142K |
| 2023 | $103K | $120K | $43K | $268 | $75K | $119K |
| 2022 | $113K | $94K | $45K | — | $1,265 | $136K |
| 2021 | $105K | $61K | — | — | $21K | $117K |
| 2020 | $95K | $99K | $59K | — | $3,311 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, May 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$15,765
- Investment income$3,615
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,277 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $74K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856134598RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.