Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891199747RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($891,231) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $727K in revenue and $891K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $82K.
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 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Reclamation and invasive management projects within fish creek provincial park in calgary alberta. Environmental education programs education programs for elementary school children birding and wellness programs park watch and park ambassador programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $727K | $891K | $487K | $41K | $0 | $50K |
| 2023 | $842K | $662K | $453K | $51K | — | $215K |
| 2022 | $565K | $572K | $406K | $56K | — | $35K |
| 2021 | $569K | $576K | $387K | $41K | — | $42K |
| 2020 | $492K | $439K | $298K | $40K | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $82K from 10 charities:
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$20K
- Aqueduct Foundation$16K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- The Calgary Foundation$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$3,905
- The Hindle Family Foundation$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,759
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,310
- United Way of Calgary and Area$900
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$478K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Voss (director); Robert Morrin (chairperson); Edward Ian Sutton (director); Kari Horn (secretary); David Mitchell (vice-chair); Christina Steed (director); Neil Groeneveld (director); Ruza Obad (treasurer); Ken Heywood (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891199747RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.