Brereton Field Naturalists Club
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 889893392RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($604) as filed with the CRA.
Brereton Field Naturalists Club is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1,375 in revenue and $604 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $120.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Sable Island Institute. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $5,947 in 2020 to $1,375 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
To stimulate the public interest in nature and it's preservation and to protect and preserve wildlife habitat through the aquisition and dissemination of natural history knowledge
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,375 | $604 | $2,485 | — | $100 | $7,201 |
| 2023 | $12K | $5,048 | $2,137 | — | $1,500 | $14K |
| 2022 | $3,461 | $4,770 | $1,435 | — | $1,400 | $6,292 |
| 2021 | $4,170 | $4,697 | $3,185 | — | $3,185 | $7,594 |
| 2020 | $5,947 | $4,504 | — | — | — | $6,069 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $120 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darren Mactavish (president); Bruce Wilson (past president); James Coey (secretary); Brian Gibbon (treasurer); Clare Holden (director - blue bird recov); Treena Mactavish (director - membership); Robin Craig (secretary); Clare Holden (director - blue bird recov); James Coey (director - field trips); Treena Mactavish (director - membership); Robin Craig (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brereton Field Naturalists Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889893392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.