Wilderness Youth Challenge Program
Publicly funded institution · ST-Albert, Alberta · BN 836148361RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($87,893) as filed with the CRA.
Wilderness Youth Challenge Program is a charitable organization based in ST-Albert, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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, 2024, it reported $64K in revenue and $88K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 71% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14K in 2020 to $64K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Wilderness youth challenge (program) wyc tomrrows youth today (program) tyt train the trainer (program) ttt
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $64K | $88K | $33K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $200K | $77K | $72K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $25K | $28K | $27K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $45K | $44K | $42K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $14K | $18K | $17K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Oldenburg (president); Nathan McQueen (secretary); Leon Eskdale (executive director); Steve Birss (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wilderness Youth Challenge Program’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836148361RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.