Canadian Coastal Research Society
Charitable organization · West Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 821281433RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,294,531) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Coastal Research Society is a charitable organization based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $953K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 98% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $166K in 2020 to $4.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Investigation of market mechanism to promote sustainable fishing practices. Research and removal of marine debris from bc shore lines. Research and reporting on the impacts of open netpen salmon farming on wild pacific salmon and their ecosystems
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3,436 | — | -$224K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3,659 | — | -$1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $5,447 | — | $34K |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | — | — | $33K |
| 2020 | $166K | $109K | $98K | $5,004 | — | $117K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $953K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheree Johnson (chair); Edward Wachtman (treasurer); Michael Shore (secretary); Astrid Scholz (director); Ian Thomson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Coastal Research Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821281433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.