Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society
Publicly funded institution · Revelstoke, British Columbia · BN 820606531RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($501,283) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society is a charitable organization based in Revelstoke, 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 $517K in revenue and $501K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $6.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $325K in 2020 to $517K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Education and Outreach: Raise awareness and educate the public government agencies and other land managers about invasive species and their impacts and provide a conduit for information on invasive species including identification prevention and control. Coordination: Improve invasive species stakeholder communication and information sharing. Field work: Minimize the further introduction and spread of invasive species in the area through early detection and control and coordinated integrated invasive species management efforts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $517K | $501K | $469K | — | — | $146K |
| 2023 | $404K | $412K | $384K | — | — | $119K |
| 2022 | $380K | $372K | $346K | — | — | $115K |
| 2021 | $436K | $372K | $341K | — | — | $108K |
| 2020 | $325K | $318K | — | — | — | $93K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$322K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Cochran (treasurer/secretary); John Braisher (director); Peter Tarleton (chair); Adam Croxall (director); Chris Gill (director); Erin Vieira (vice chair); Laurel Corrigan (hr/finance committee); Rob Dayringer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 820606531RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.