Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation
Charitable organization · Canmore, Alberta · BN 864301841RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,350,939) as filed with the CRA.
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation is a charitable organization based in Canmore, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.5M in revenue and $6.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $81K in 2024, the largest being $36K to The Dena Kayeh Institute. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $785K in 2020 to $6.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The yellowstone to yukon conservation initiative foundation (y2y) works with a network of groups and individuals to preserve and maintain the wildlife plants wilderness and natural processes of the mountainous region from yellowstone national park to the yukon territory. The organization commissions and publishes scientific studies helps groups develop collaborative approaches to conservation and produces communication materials for public education on conservation and the region specifically.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $6.4M | $4.8M | $523K | $455K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $5.8M | $4.8M | $598K | $225K | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.5M | — | — | $50K | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | — | $524K |
| 2020 | $785K | $679K | — | — | — | $523K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $81K to 4 qualified donees:
- The Dena Kayeh Institute$36K
- Stoney$20K
- Saulteau First Nations$15K
- Siksika Nation$10K
Received $1.2M from 29 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$220K
- RBC Foundation$150K
- Gencon Foundation$125K
- The Sitka Foundation$125K
- Audain Foundation$100K
- The Palmer Family Foundation$100K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$84K
- The Chawkers foundation$50K
- The Consecon Foundation$50K
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$25K
- Max Bell Foundation$25K
- Weston Family Foundation$25K
- Canada Gives$22K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- BenefAction Foundation$13K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,561
- Mind on Development$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,583
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,059
- Abundance Canada$800
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison Woodley (secretary); Richard Harrison (vice chair); Nancy Rourke (treasurer); Steve Baker (chair); Geoff Burt (board member); Tom McDonald (board member); James Cross (board member); Robert Lapper (chair); Scott Niedermayer (board member); Pam Wright (board member); Peter Johnson (board member); Robert Pratt (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864301841RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.