Cedar Coast Field Station Society
Charitable organization · Tofino, British Columbia · BN 719080095RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($35,359) as filed with the CRA.
Cedar Coast Field Station Society is a charitable organization based in Tofino, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $93K in revenue and $35K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 81% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,210 in 2024, the largest being $400 to School District 71 - Denman School. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $261K in 2020 to $93K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ongoing - research into juvenile salmon monitoring chum salmon enumeration undertaken by marine biologists and students. Ongoing - educational programs for children and youth into the marine-life and wildlife in the Clayoquot Sound.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $93K | $35K | $40K | — | — | $113K |
| 2023 | $127K | $58K | $37K | $885 | — | $64K |
| 2022 | $625K | $623K | $609K | — | — | -$3,777 |
| 2021 | $252K | $302K | $269K | $6,328 | — | -$5,971 |
| 2020 | $261K | $236K | $161K | — | — | $44K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,210 to 4 qualified donees:
- School District 71 - Denman School$400
- School District - Tsuma-As Elementary$280
- School District - NIDES Navigate$280
- Ahousaht Education Authority$250
Received $43K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$11K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lennie John (director); Kay Gray (treasurer); Marcie Callewaert (director); Brad Fraser (director); Jody Weir (director); Brenda Hookham (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cedar Coast Field Station Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 719080095RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.