BC Naturalists' Foundation
Public foundation · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 889458840RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,911) as filed with the CRA.
BC Naturalists' Foundation is a public foundation based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $174K in revenue and $45K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
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 70% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $41K in 2024, the largest being $41K to Federation of British Columbia Naturalists. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $92K in 2020 to $174K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Provide grants to federation of bc naturalists for distribution of its member clubs. The federation of bc naturalists is a province-wide organization of about 50 naturalist clubs with approximately 5 500 members. The federation's primary activities are education and conservation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $174K | $45K | — | — | $41K | $1M |
| 2023 | $143K | $34K | — | — | $31K | $907K |
| 2022 | $58K | $28K | — | — | $25K | $797K |
| 2021 | $150K | $28K | — | — | $25K | $767K |
| 2020 | $92K | $25K | $231 | — | $23K | $644K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $41K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $42K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerald McKeating (director); Stephen Partington (president); Bev Ramey (director); Kees Visser (director); Colleen Simmons (vice president); David Tsang (treasurer); Sheila Puls (director); Catherine Jardine (secretary); Gaylia Lassner (director); Claire Meggs (director); Candace Michelle Parry (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BC Naturalists' Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889458840RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.