Little Red Camping Association
Charitable organization · Bowden, Alberta · BN 138083266RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($538,266) as filed with the CRA.
Little Red Camping Association is a charitable organization based in Bowden, Alberta, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $594K in revenue and $538K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $108K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $290K in 2020 to $594K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
We operate summer camps and winter camps with horse programs and religious programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $594K | $538K | $503K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $484K | $535K | $503K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $541K | $492K | $460K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $519K | $373K | $339K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $290K | $262K | $232K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $108K from 10 charities:
- The Bridgeworks Hope to the World Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- Innisfail Baptist Church$9,620
- Benalto Baptist Church$6,350
- Bethel Union Church$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,816
- West Zion Mennonite Church$4,500
- Bethany Baptist Church$2,400
- Zion Emc Fellowship Didsbury$850
- The Rock Community Church Mountain View County Fellowship$500
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$220K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stan Collier (treasurer); Joel Cox (vice president); Doug Duguid (director); Arnie Martin (president); Cheryl Martin (director); Gordon Russell (camp director); Doug Shortt (director); Victor Smith (director); David Van Dirstein (director); Dale Young (director); John Goulet-Jones (director); Nathan Lauasseur (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Little Red Camping Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 138083266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.