BC Parks Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 731307492RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,310,882) as filed with the CRA.
BC Parks Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $58.9M in revenue and $55.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 38% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 26 qualified donees totalling $443K in 2024, the largest being $181K to Katzie Cultural Education Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.6M in 2020 to $58.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1 cultivate and protect parks and protected areas ('conservation areas') within british columbia and to promote public engagement and involvement in conservation areas by receiving gifts funds and property to invest and administer and by distributing funds and property to 'qualified donees' (as defined in the income tax act) 2. Protect the environment by conserving or restoring ecosystems and biodiversity; 3. Advance education via: (a) public courses experiential learning seminars and guided tours to improve public knowledge about topics including outdoor safety health be…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58.9M | $55.3M | $54.5M | $627 | $490K | $85.2M |
| 2023 | $14.1M | $13.3M | $11.4M | — | $458K | $30.9M |
| 2022 | $14M | $13M | $12.3M | — | $240K | $21.2M |
| 2021 | $7.3M | $4.8M | $4.4M | $288 | — | $8.8M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.2M | $12K | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $443K to 26 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Katzie Cultural Education Society$181K
- Province of British Columbia$40K
- Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation$35K
- The University of British Columbia$35K
- M.O.S.A.I.C. Multi-Lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities$20K
- Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning Society$16K
- Kamloops-Cariboo Regional Immigrants Society$13K
- Young Naturalists' Club of British Columbia Society$11K
- Lhtako Dene Nation$10K
- Gathering Voices Society$10K
- Pacific Immigrant Resources Society$10K
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$9,800
- Ktunaxa Nation Council Society$8,375
- Simpcw First Nation$8,000
- WildResearch Society$7,600
- Fort Nelson First Nation$6,200
- Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society$5,600
- B.C. Marine Trails Network Association$5,250
- The Starfish Environmental Society$5,000
- The British Columbia Conservation Foundation$2,000
- Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre Association$1,365
- Surfrider Foundation Canada Chapters$1,000
- School District No. 40 (New Westminster)$500
- The Board of Education of School District No. 23 (Central Okanagan)$500
- Francophone Education Authorities (conseil Scolaire Francophone)$500
Received $27M from 22 charities:
- Wilson 5 Foundation$25M
- Aqueduct Foundation$1.3M
- The Colin & Lois Pritchard Foundation$150K
- BenefAction Foundation$102K
- Salt Spring Island Foundation$100K
- RBC Foundation$75K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$71K
- The Metchosin Foundation$40K
- The Victoria Foundation$29K
- Malberry Foundation$25K
- Vancouver Foundation$21K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$11K
- Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation$10K
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature$5,483
- United Way of Calgary and Area$5,000
- David Charitable Trust$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,918
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,442
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,266
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Warren Beach (treasurer); Ross Beaty (chairman); Barbara Brink (director); Cynthia Callison (vice chair); Jessica Hoplins (director); Daniel Johnston (secretary); Rudy Kerklaan (director); Tamara Little (director); James Standen (director); Terry Teegee (director); Ivan Thompson (director); Gillian Winckler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from BC Parks Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 731307492RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.