Forks in the Trail Private Foundation
Private foundation · Oro-Medonte, Ontario · BN 721201879RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($41,500) as filed with the CRA.
Forks in the Trail Private Foundation is a private foundation based in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $192K in revenue and $42K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $42K in 2024, the largest being $26K to The Orillia Museum of Art and History. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25K in 2020 to $192K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Made annual donations to registered charities supported by the Directors. These donations cover a broad spectrum of charitable activities although no support is provided to organizations promoting religious causes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $192K | $42K | — | — | $42K | $410K |
| 2023 | $101K | $15K | — | — | $15K | $258K |
| 2022 | $76K | $3,226 | — | — | $3,226 | $174K |
| 2021 | $104K | $3,263 | — | — | $3,000 | $101K |
| 2020 | $25K | $25K | — | — | $20K | $288 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$160,273
- Investment income$8,386
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 $42K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Orillia Museum of Art and History$26K
- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Foundation$10K
- Mariposa House Hospice$1,000
- Living Green Barrie$1,000
- Ontario Parks$1,000
- The Couchiching Conservancy$1,000
- Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation$1,000
- Mariposa Folk Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Frost (president); Patricia Frost (secretary-treasurer); Kevin Frost (director); Lauren Frost (director); Matthew Frost (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forks in the Trail Private Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 721201879RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.