The Wild Places Fund
Publicly funded institution · Canmore, Alberta · BN 125184655RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($267) as filed with the CRA.
The Wild Places Fund is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2022, it reported $607 in revenue and $267 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 579 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $268 in 2020 to $607 in 2022.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $607 | $267 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $250 | $303 | $0 | — | $0 | -$25K |
| 2020 | $268 | $303 | $0 | — | $0 | -$25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Wild Places Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125184655RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.