Bluewater Anglers
Charitable organization · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 896745239RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($118,405) as filed with the CRA.
Bluewater Anglers is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $145K in revenue and $118K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $250 in 2024, the largest being $250 to ST. Joseph's Hospice Resource Centre of Sarnia Lambton. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $37K in 2020 to $145K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Operations of the bluewater anglers fish hatchery to release salmon and trout into local waterways. Hatchery tours to educate the public relating to the local fisheries holding annual fishing derbies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $145K | $118K | $11K | — | $250 | $127K |
| 2023 | $113K | $113K | — | — | — | $100K |
| 2022 | $132K | $123K | $121K | — | — | $101K |
| 2021 | $53K | $50K | $48K | — | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $37K | $64K | — | — | — | $116K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $250 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $16K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Bishop (director); Lou Dallaire (secretary); Robert Daly (treasurer); Al Dezort (director); Paul Heckley (director); Gary Mitchell (vice president); John Klazinga (director); John Vanrooyen (director); Ron Allison (director); Ralph Eves (president); Garry Willock (director); John Sipkens (director); Cole Lauzon (director); Matt Coqu (director); Duncan Mitchell (director); Dan Oke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bluewater Anglers’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896745239RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.