Baker Creek Enhancement Society
Publicly funded institution · Quesnel, British Columbia · BN 897512893RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($351,335) as filed with the CRA.
Baker Creek Enhancement Society is a charitable organization based in Quesnel, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $369K in revenue and $351K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $24K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Environmental education to schools youth groups and general public coordination of environmental awareness activities and events provision of environmental representation to all local planning organizations development and maintenance of interpretive trails protection of local marshes and wet lands air quality communications and and education programs wild fire restoration planning and implimentation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $369K | $351K | $29K | — | — | $178K |
| 2023 | $410K | $382K | $152K | — | — | $160K |
| 2022 | $410K | $363K | $263K | — | — | $132K |
| 2021 | $345K | $306K | $249K | — | — | $86K |
| 2020 | $315K | $332K | $331K | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $24K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$108K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pat Asher (director); Dora McMillan (treasure); Bernice Lorenz (director / membership); Lorna Schley (director); John Havens (director); Louis Beaulieu (director); Jerry McFetridge (director); Ron Krickan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Baker Creek Enhancement Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897512893RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.