Canadian Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118836311RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($313,790) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Society Promoting Environmental Conservation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $310K in revenue and $314K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 16% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Jewish Family Services. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Workshops to the community on waste reduction renewable energy food security and land and water issues. Delivers classes on urban food production in schools in Vancouver. Operates the Society's website blogs and social media updating them with SPEC activities and environmental information. Continues to run: 1) Master Recycler 2) School Gardens Program 3) Elders Circle 4) Farmland Ecosystem Services 5) The Renewable Energy Experience tours (tREX) 6) Repair Cafes Most of our programs are run by part time staff and a number of volunteers. SPEC has approximately 40 active volunteers inclu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $310K | $314K | $210K | $2,138 | $21K | $32K |
| 2023 | $317K | $303K | $212K | $548 | — | $36K |
| 2022 | $385K | $409K | $317K | $6,882 | $0 | $25K |
| 2021 | $322K | $323K | $245K | $16K | — | $49K |
| 2020 | $229K | $208K | $143K | $15K | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 1 qualified donee:
- Jewish Family Services$21K
Received $97K from 16 charities:
- Community Foundations of Canada$21K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$8,754
- Endswell 2021 Foundation$8,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,431
- Vancity Community Foundation$6,300
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,134
- Makeway Foundation$3,402
- Petersen Turofsky Charitable Foundation$3,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,100
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$37
- United Way of Greater Toronto$36
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$26
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$254K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Christopher (director); Tara Moreau (director); Kate Menzies (secretary); Eyal Lebel (director); Christopher Gooderham (director); Lorenzo Casal (vice chair); Oliver Lane (treasurer); Khatereh Vesal (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Society Promoting Environmental Conservation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118836311RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.