Comox Valley Naturalists Society
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 893193375RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,851) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Naturalists Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $98K in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 19% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $98K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Conduct public education programs on natural history & environmental ecology with emphasis on but not limited to the comox valley. Work with local government on habitat protection & restoration. Manage invasive plant eradication & native plant installation. Provide annual scholarship/bursary to graduate of grade 12 for post secondary education in studies related to natural history or environmental ecology. Tree of the year project. Marine & shoreline group. New horizons living memory project. Vanier garry oak frove project. Nature walks native plant project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $98K | $38K | $38K | — | — | $170K |
| 2023 | $66K | $16K | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $15K | $12K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $26K | $23K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $23K | $18K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $96 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Innes (past president); Lynn Gray (president); Eloise Holland (secretary); Brian Storey (treasurer); Karen Cummins (director for wetland); David Orford (director at large); Denise Fredriksen (director bcn representative).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Naturalists Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893193375RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.