The Great Divide Trail Association
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 761911718RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($178,869) as filed with the CRA.
The Great Divide Trail Association is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $181K in revenue and $179K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
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 34% 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 $38K in 2021 to $181K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Trail building and maintenance trips - primarily to construct a 45-km stretch of the great divide trail (gdt) - the high rock section- and do maintain 100-km of trail previously built by the gdta. These trail trips primarily occur on public land north of the crowsnest pass although our work continues to expand to other areas of alberta and into pieces of the trail in the bc as well. Thebackground activity for these trips is planning designing and surveying the great divide trail as well as coordination ofmaintenance. These trips are organized by the 15-member trail building and maintenance co…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $181K | $179K | $129K | $2,866 | — | $113K |
| 2023 | $101K | $89K | $40K | $933 | — | $111K |
| 2022 | $76K | $58K | $1,498 | — | — | $98K |
| 2021 | $38K | $21K | $18K | — | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 5 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$86K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeff Gruttz (chair); Ben Millen (vice president); Austin Hager (director); Meaghan Underhill (director); Glenn Mason (director); Kristine O'Rielly (director); Lisa Belanger (director); Bhawan Waraich (director); Kate Hamilton (executive director); Steve Harvey (vice chair); Katie Copeland (secretary); Tara Fleming (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Great Divide Trail Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 761911718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.