Spirit North
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 798035515RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,865,875) as filed with the CRA.
Spirit North is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $593K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $5.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Working in cooperation with indigenous schools and communities spirit north programs emphasize connection empowerment and inspiration. Our programming includes delivering regular outreach programming to students in their own communities and schools and spirit north uses a collaborative play-based approach to engage children in sport and activity. Spirit north guides and helps communities to transition from introductory events to community-led sustainable programming. Our programming provides more than just sports; we take a holistic approach that promotes mental health good nutrition lan…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.9M | $4.9M | $468K | — | $4.8M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $3.8M | $3.1M | $159K | — | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $3.5M | $2.4M | $1.9M | $56K | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $1.4M | $1M | $87K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $44K | — | $661K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $593K from 29 charities:
- Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation$100K
- Werklund Foundation$70K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$56K
- The Annual Foundation$55K
- Urban Systems Foundation$50K
- The Calgary Foundation$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$30K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$25K
- The Daniel Family Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,160
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$8,000
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Children's Hospital Aid Society$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$4,500
- The Ernst Hansch Foundation Inc.$3,256
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,700
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,878
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,174
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Greer (chair); Margaret Rosling (director); Heather Bishop (director); Frederic Tolmie (director); Lynne Robinson (director); Julie Menten (director); Thomas Reid (director); Victor C. Pelletier (director); Cheryl L. Pelletier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Spirit North’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 798035515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.