Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association
Charitable organization · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 836159731RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,900) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6,088 in revenue and $17K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 48% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $204.
Compared with 211 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Micro-plastics project phase ii: ongoing post doc '...' started work in november 2022 under supervision of dr. '...' from simon fraser university and dr. '...'. Cooperation with project watershed to compare two estuaries comox and cowichan. Joing work with canadian wildlife service simon fraser university and ubc. Two year project. Workshop planned for april. Citizen science project forage fish monitoring: ongoing '...' spear-heading the mabbri project involving students for cowichan secondary school. Citizen science project light trap dungeness crab larvae monitoring: ongoing '...' …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,088 | $17K | $15K | — | — | $8,472 |
| 2023 | $24K | $12K | $7,679 | — | — | $20K |
| 2022 | — | $11K | $6,861 | — | — | $14K |
| 2021 | — | $15K | $13K | — | — | $14K |
| 2020 | — | $14K | $13K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $204 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Goetz Schuerholz (president); Margaret D'Sullivan (treasurer); Bill Health (c0-chair); Geoff Strong (secretary); John Atkinson (director); Cliff Stainsby (director); Bernard Juurnink (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836159731RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.