B C Marine Parks Forever Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 890824345RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,037) as filed with the CRA.
B C Marine Parks Forever Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $168K in revenue and $9,037 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $94K in 2020 to $168K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Bcmfs continues to look for potential stern tie sites in existing bc marine parks and potential land acquisitiions to expand bc marine parks. At the end of 2024 we were in active discussions with bc parks foundation on a potential acquisition on saturna island.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $168K | $9,037 | $547 | $1,829 | — | $962K |
| 2023 | $78K | $19K | — | — | — | $803K |
| 2022 | $104K | $11K | $2,369 | — | — | $710K |
| 2021 | $105K | $6,712 | $5,878 | — | — | $650K |
| 2020 | $94K | $54K | $50K | — | — | $551K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Phillips (president); John Murray (director); John Lindsay (treasurer); William Hammond (director); Andreas Truckenbrodt (director); Alex Wile (secretary); Donald Thain (director); Michael Ernst (director); Alison Meredith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from B C Marine Parks Forever Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890824345RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.