Friends of Jasper National Park Association
Charitable organization · Jasper, Alberta · BN 123635559RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($685,634) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Jasper National Park Association is a charitable organization based in Jasper, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $624K in revenue and $686K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $121K.
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 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $68K in 2024, the largest being $34K to Jasper Minor Sports (registered Canadian Amateur Athletic As. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $365K in 2020 to $624K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Park improvement projects-volunteers donated over 750 hours of trail work in jasper national park. Educational programs-volunteers offered a variety of programs and hikes. Special events-we involved a number of volunteers in our parks day. Winter trail project-volunteers donated a number of hours to help flat-pack trails in jasper national park. Naturalist hikes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $624K | $686K | $93K | $331K | $68K | $625K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $506K | $184K | $582K | — | $687K |
| 2022 | $682K | $733K | $161K | $449K | — | $107K |
| 2021 | $562K | $526K | $136K | $288K | — | $159K |
| 2020 | $365K | $430K | $236K | $83K | — | $123K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $68K to 2 qualified donees:
- Jasper Minor Sports (registered Canadian Amateur Athletic As$34K
- Jasper Food Bank Society$34K
Received $121K from 7 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$281K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joost Tijsseen (treasurer); Rihab Baroudi (director); Rob Block (director); Brianna Bray (secretary); Laura Coulson (director); Brett Newton (vice chair treasurer); Peter Shokeir (director); Dave Smith (chairman); Jessica Theoret (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Jasper National Park Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123635559RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.