Willmore Wilderness Preservation and Historical Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Grande Cache, Alberta · BN 896550308RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($480,637) as filed with the CRA.
Willmore Wilderness Preservation and Historical Foundation is a charitable organization based in Grande Cache, 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, 2024, it reported $425K in revenue and $481K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Historical research - film writing & production - trail clearing & restoration
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $425K | $481K | $392K | — | — | $315K |
| 2023 | $356K | $647K | $560K | — | — | $371K |
| 2022 | $399K | $434K | $390K | — | — | $652K |
| 2021 | $580K | $245K | $209K | — | — | $686K |
| 2020 | $350K | $331K | $194K | — | — | $352K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$88K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bazil Leonard (president); Tom Thackeray (vice-president); Arthur Veitch (secretary treasurer); Craig Ingersoll (director); Josh Hallock (director); Danika Gill (director); Wayne Gienger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Willmore Wilderness Preservation and Historical Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896550308RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.