Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 139743397RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,291) as filed with the CRA.
Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $5,291 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $808.
Compared with 430 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $111K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1) creation promotion and education regarding artificial reefs 2) general environmental protection recycling services 3) obtain analyze furnish and publish information on all aspects of artificial reefs including reef creation reef enhancement material equipment location mooring safety legal historical archaeological biological and environmental information
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $5,291 | $3,328 | — | — | $80K |
| 2023 | $11K | $11K | $8,026 | — | — | $76K |
| 2022 | $1,420 | $6,095 | — | — | — | $76K |
| 2021 | $12K | $9,982 | — | — | — | $81K |
| 2020 | $111K | $23K | — | — | — | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $808 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Robins (president); Doug Pemberton (director-marine biodiv.); Vanessa Tweed (vice president); Rick Wall (director); Gary Friesen (director- dive operations); Colin Parkinson (director); Hamish Tweed (director); Dirk De Keersmaecker (director-activist); Detony Rowland (contract manager).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139743397RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.