Canadian Council on Invasive Species
Publicly funded institution · Williams Lake, British Columbia · BN 842134132RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,297,449) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Council on Invasive Species is a charitable organization based in Williams Lake, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government, 14% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $313K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $546K in 2022 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The council works collaboratively across jurisdictional boundaries to support actions and information that can help reduce the threat and impacts of invasive species.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $310K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $327K |
| 2022 | $546K | $546K | $518K | — | — | $246K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $313K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Asbil (director); Christine Carriere (director); Sebastien Dutrisac (director); Ken Donnelly (director); Rebecca Lee (director); Rebecca Lord (executive director); Paula Noel (director); Michael Nadler (director); Victor Santacruz (director); Sharon Walkem (director); Sharon Wallin (director); Julie-Lynn Zahavich (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Council on Invasive Species’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842134132RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.