Bras D'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 859019366RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($233,846) as filed with the CRA.
Bras D'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association is a charitable organization based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, 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 $269K in revenue and $234K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $149.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $163K in 2020 to $269K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The mission of the blbra is to improve balance in the bras d'or lake biosphere by encouraging community capacity building conservation efforts and sustainable development. Activities include forest watch (forest monitoring program). Science curriculum project (integrated multidisciplinary inter-cultural curriculum resource for elementary schools) bras d'or watch (introduced residents and visitors to the unique bra d'or ecosystems) explore the bras d'or (annual festival celebrating and bringing awareness to the lake and biosphere) and bra d'or lake biosphere atlas (visual mapping to ena…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $269K | $234K | $204K | — | — | $53K |
| 2023 | $261K | $246K | — | — | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $9,593 | $16K | $12K | — | — | $53K |
| 2021 | $17K | $18K | $13K | — | — | $58K |
| 2020 | $163K | $145K | $5,462 | — | $0 | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $149 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$118K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allison McIsaac (director - chair); Terri Shobbrook (director - vice chair); Meagan Macinnis (director - secretary); Parker Donham (director - treasurer); Kirsten Campbell (director); Veronica Brzeski (director); Kathleen Aikens (director); Elizabeth Campbell (director); Tony Sylliboy (director); Wendy Mackinnon (director); Breah Sampson-Macdonald (director); Bethsheila Kent (director); Tyler Mattheis (director); Stanley Johnson (director); Kirsty Locke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bras D'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859019366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.