Canadian Biosphere Regions Association
Publicly funded institution · Parry Sound, Ontario · BN 872472568RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($326,135) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Biosphere Regions Association is a charitable organization based in Parry Sound, Ontario, 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 $353K in revenue and $326K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $168K in 2020 to $353K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
Model solutions for a sustainable future; celebrate cultural & biological diversity; foster & share scientific indigenous & local knowledge in order to explore new ways of living for sustainable development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $353K | $326K | $301K | $2,990 | — | $87K |
| 2023 | $347K | $331K | $304K | $1,805 | — | $60K |
| 2022 | $72K | $68K | $63K | — | — | $44K |
| 2021 | $57K | $55K | $49K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $168K | $147K | $140K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$149K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristina Bergeron (director); Julie Campeau (director); Jody Coller (director); Brian Craig (director); Lindsey Dickie (director); Dawn Dietrich (director); Jennifer Dingman Leger (vice chair); Bill Dolan (director); Larry Hawrysh (director); Rebecca Hurwitz (director); Brian Ilnicki (secretary); Eric Malka (director); Greg Mason (treasurer); Allison Isabel McIsaac (director); Henri-Paul Normandin (director); Valerie Pankratz (director); Pamela Shaw (chair); Ruth Mary Jane Simons (director); David Sollows (director); Charlene Winger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Biosphere Regions Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872472568RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.