Friends of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association
Publicly funded institution · Canmore, Alberta · BN 890214430RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($218,513) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $267K in revenue and $219K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 59% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 54 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $122K in 2020 to $267K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Volunteer trail care hosted speaker series events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $267K | $219K | $173K | $12K | — | $240K |
| 2023 | $180K | $176K | $117K | $12K | — | $192K |
| 2022 | $171K | $132K | $89K | $7,090 | — | $187K |
| 2021 | $168K | $106K | $71K | — | — | $148K |
| 2020 | $122K | $116K | $82K | $30 | — | $86K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$128K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Ryder (secretary); Ed Engstrom (co-chair); Samantha Debree (treasurer); Peter Irwin (director); Kimberly Hadow (director); Wendy Heidebrecht-Jossa (co-chair); Connor Meagher (director); Lloyd Suchet (director); Kevin Jones (director); Amanda Kelly (director); Janice Pasieka (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Kananaskis Country Cooperating Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890214430RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.