Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)
Charitable organization · ST Andrews, New Brunswick · BN 118796150RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,542,025) as filed with the CRA.
Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada) is a charitable organization based in ST Andrews, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $7.6M in revenue and $6.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 5% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $488K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $21K to The Nova Scotia Salmon Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.6M in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 44 names.
In its own words
Develop and undertake research programs aimed at providing scientific information to support advocacy public awareness and education programs designed to conserve wild Atlantic salmon stocks throughout their range in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. Based upon its research activity the charity provides advice to government officials as well as through appearances before government committees upon invitation on the conservation protection and restoring of wild Atlantic salmon and the ecosystems on which their well being and survival depend.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $6.5M | $5M | $709K | $21K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $6.4M | $8.4M | $7.1M | $5.6M | $53K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5M | $3.9M | $453K | $40K | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $4.1M | $3.1M | $431K | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $3.7M | $2.4M | $532K | $99K | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $488K from 22 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$151K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$51K
- The H. John McDonald Foundation$50K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$40K
- The Calgary Foundation$35K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$34K
- Danbe Foundation Inc.$25K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$25K
- Fondation Famille René et Deschênes$20K
- Uplands Charitable Foundation$15K
- Toronto Foundation$12K
- Sherry & Sean Bourne Family Charitable Foundation$7,500
- Fondation Lise et Richard Fortin$5,000
- River Philip Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Lockhart Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,761
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,461
- The Catherine and Fredrik Eaton Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Hogarth Family Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$338
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rachel Baxter (director); Stephen Bronfman (director); Stephen Brunt (director); Greg Burk (director); Richard Carpenter (director); Philippe Couillard (director); John Cleghorn (director); Normand Fiset (director); Cynthia Gordon (director); Alan Graham (director & officer); Daniel Greenberg (director); Richard Hamm (director); Edward Johnson (director); Charles Langlois (director & officer); James Lawley (director); John Livey (director); Stephen Lloyd (director & officer); Timothy MacDonald (director); Susan McArthur (director); Curtis McCone (director); John McDougall (director); Michael Meighen (director); Ernest Nutter (director & officer); Jacques Pinet (director); Miles Price (director); Andrew Pringle (director); Claude Rochon (director); Matthew Ramsay (director); Geoffrey Scott (director); Graham Scott (director); Bill Taylor (director & officer); Eric Thomson (director); John Thompson (director & officer); Christopher Verbiski (director); Cyril Johnston (director); Brian Porter (director); Harriet Stairs (director); Corey Mosher (director); Eric Roberts (director); Charles LeBlanc (director); Alain Bergeron (director); Robert Bishop (director); Martin Deschenes (director); Randy Hartlen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atlantic Salmon Federation (canada) / Federation du Saumon Atlantique (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118796150RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.