Comox Valley Project Watershed Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 892691445RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,051,083) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Project Watershed Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $138K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Restore tidal/salt marsh eelgrass and kelp habitats within coastal and nearshore environments delver courses on streamkeeping and water monitoring outreach and educational programming provided to students at school district 71 restore freshwater and estuarine habitat in the puntledge river and k'omoks estuary forage fish research and restoration restoration of sawmill site to natural estuarine habitat - kus-jus-sum restoring stream and riparian habitat in glen urquhart creek and mallard creek
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $17K | — | $254K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $8,965 | — | $268K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $1.6M | $7,294 | — | $267K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $3.9M | $307K | $10K | — | $146K |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $482K | $212K | $2,780 | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $138K from 12 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$38K
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$35K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$31K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,268
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$7,545
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$3,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,150
- Urban Systems Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$887
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$595
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$549K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Haigh (chair); Thomas Grimmer (vice chair); Alisha Drinkwater (director); Broderick Guy (director); Clark Goble (director); Geoff Wickstrom (director); James Godwin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Project Watershed Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892691445RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.