FERNIE TRAILS ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·PO BOX 715 · FERNIE, BC · V0B 1M0·BN 856087697RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Enhance construct and maintain recreational trails in the Kootenay region of BC near the City of Fernie. Provide information to the public regarding the trail network. Acquire permissions for land use in support of the trail network. Raise funds for the improvement enhancement and extension of the Fernie are trail network. Host volunteer trail maintenance days during the Spring Summer and Fall. Restore the trail network in logged areas. Construct and maintain the Trans Canada Trail and integrate it in to the Fernie area trail network. Work with local government to complete the final … Show more
Enhance construct and maintain recreational trails in the Kootenay region of BC near the City of Fernie. Provide information to the public regarding the trail network. Acquire permissions for land use in support of the trail network. Raise funds for the improvement enhancement and extension of the Fernie are trail network. Host volunteer trail maintenance days during the Spring Summer and Fall. Restore the trail network in logged areas. Construct and maintain the Trans Canada Trail and integrate it in to the Fernie area trail network. Work with local government to complete the final engineering of the last segment of the Fernie Valley Pathway; a multi-use human powered paved trail connecting our community. Snow groom a trail network in the Winter to allow for year-round access in the Fernie area. Work with local government on the Tourism Sustainability study for the general Fernie area (primarily focused on Heiko's trail). During 2024 over 200 people contributed over 11 000 hours on behalf of the Fernie Trails Alliance. Over 28 people contributed over 6 000 hours of time to board service committee participation or other administrative and fundraising tasks. Given the difficulties of capturing all the volunteer time we suspect this is a large underestimation of actual time volunteered on behalf of the FTA.
New programs
Relationship building with Ktunaxa Nation - Yaq̓it ?a·knuqⱡiʾit (Tobacco Plains Indian Band) and ?aq̓am (St. Mary’s) communities. Collaboration with landowners and Dr. Clayton Lamb on wildlife studies regarding a new Epic Trail project. Working with Destination BC to create a new up to 30 km looped trail. Wildlife Education SIgnage to educate the public when to avoid wildlife conflict. No dawn or dusk riding. Running community events including Highroller Project 9 race Toonie Tuesdays Thirsty Thursdays and Wam Bam.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)84¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 84¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)16%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)0.9 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$435K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)8%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)21%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $300K | 79¢ | 21% | 1.1 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $148K | 66¢ | 37% | 2.5 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $200K | 75¢ | 25% | 1.2 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $216K | 75¢ | 25% | 1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.3M | 81¢ | 19% | 2.4 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $435K | 84¢ | 16% | 0.9 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Anderson, Wendy MTreasurerarm's length
- Hawkins, WadeSecretaryarm's length
- Kelly, MeganChairarm's length
- Siggers, RobinDirectorarm's length
- Collier, AlexisDirectorarm's length
- Kelleher, StephenDirectorarm's length
- Watson, LindsayDirectorarm's length
- Johnson, JeffDirectorarm's length
- Maki, EmilyDirectorarm's length
- Lokan, StrathanDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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