Awinakola Foundation
Charitable organization · Sooke, British Columbia · BN 704172725RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($576,352) as filed with the CRA.
Awinakola Foundation is a charitable organization based in Sooke, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $584K in revenue and $576K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $522K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Programs to educate and increase the public’s understanding of ecology and ecosystems sustainable resource use and the importance of conservation and restoring ecosystems. Educate the public about Indigenous climate and environmental justice through the confluence of Indigenous knowledge scientific research and the arts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $584K | $576K | $366K | $81 | — | -$21K |
| 2023 | $64K | $64K | $62K | — | — | -$27K |
| 2022 | $25K | $52K | $47K | — | $0 | -$27K |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $522K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$355K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geraldine Ambers (secretary); Gwantilakw Cranmer (treasurer); Maxine Violet Hayman Matilpi (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Awinakola Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 704172725RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.