Free Spirit Therapeutic Riding Association
Charitable organization · Aylesford, Nova Scotia · BN 834952707RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($126,383) as filed with the CRA.
Free Spirit Therapeutic Riding Association is a charitable organization based in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $81K in revenue and $126K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 5% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Free spirit therapeutic riding association provides therapeutic home riding and related services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $81K | $126K | $105K | $1,919 | — | $113K |
| 2023 | $160K | $159K | $137K | $4,409 | — | $159K |
| 2022 | $142K | $125K | $107K | $2,578 | — | $159K |
| 2021 | $104K | $101K | — | — | — | $141K |
| 2020 | $91K | $77K | — | $3,632 | — | $138K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$34K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie Gould (treasurer); Samantha Kennedy (secretary); Allison Chega (chair); Suzanne Wagner (director); Stephanie Townsend (director); Paula Osmond (director); Carys Palmer (director); Samantha Ford (director); Nina Gregory (director); Michelynn Touesnard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Free Spirit Therapeutic Riding Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834952707RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.