Fernie Trails Alliance Association
Charitable organization · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 856087697RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($732,521) as filed with the CRA.
Fernie Trails Alliance Association is a charitable organization based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $435K in revenue and $733K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
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 54% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $34K in 2024, the largest being $34K to Regional District of East Kootenay. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $148K in 2020 to $435K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Enhance construct and maintain recreational trails in the Kootenay region of BC near the City of Fernie. Provide information to the public regarding the trail network. Acquire permissions for land use in support of the trail network. Raise funds for the improvement enhancement and extension of the Fernie are trail network. Host volunteer trail maintenance days during the Spring Summer and Fall. Restore the trail network in logged areas. Construct and maintain the Trans Canada Trail and integrate it in to the Fernie area trail network. Work with local government to complete the final …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $435K | $733K | $586K | $37K | $34K | $739K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $441K | $355K | $34K | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $216K | $218K | $163K | $14K | — | $201K |
| 2021 | $200K | $238K | $179K | $12K | — | $203K |
| 2020 | $148K | $131K | $83K | $888 | $4,320 | $241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $34K to 1 qualified donee:
- Regional District of East Kootenay$34K
Received $96K from 11 charities:
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$71K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,469
- The Salden Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,199
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,823
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$628
- Abundance Canada$400
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$98
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$192K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Anderson (treasurer); Wade Hawkins (secretary); Megan Kelly (chair); Stephen Kelleher (director); Lindsay Watson (director); Jeff Johnson (director); Emily Maki (director); Strathan Lokan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fernie Trails Alliance Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856087697RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.