Fraser Headwaters Alliance
Publicly funded institution · Dunster, British Columbia · BN 896822822RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($80,014) as filed with the CRA.
Fraser Headwaters Alliance is a charitable organization based in Dunster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $12K in revenue and $80K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2023, the largest being $500 to Conservation North. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Promote and perform maintenance on the historic Goat River Trail the East Twin-Chalco Trail a section of the Great Divide Trail and other sections of the National Hiking Trail in B.C. Maintain a website to discuss activities and highlight regional conservation and environmental issues. Participate in public education programs on endangered and vulnerable species (mountain caribou Pacific salmon bull trout); sometimes in coalition or participation with other groups. Provide bursaries to graduating students at each of the three local secondary schools. Assess specific private properties for…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12K | $80K | $79K | — | $0 | $22K |
| 2023 | $34K | $44K | $42K | — | $500 | $86K |
| 2022 | $86K | $36K | $28K | — | $6,376 | $103K |
| 2021 | $223K | $233K | $230K | $0 | $1,000 | $48K |
| 2020 | $15K | $16K | $15K | — | $0 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
- Conservation North$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$9,935
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roy Howard (president); Simon Zukowski (vice-president); Allen Birnie (secretary-treasurer); Jill Howard (director); Robert Mercereau (director); John Previant (director); Hanae Kiyooka (director); Bryan Lepine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fraser Headwaters Alliance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896822822RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.