David Douglas Botanical Garden Society
Publicly funded institution · Prince George, British Columbia · BN 889161576RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($808,024) as filed with the CRA.
David Douglas Botanical Garden Society is a charitable organization based in Prince George, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $802K in revenue and $808K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $524.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $52K in 2020 to $802K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Maintenance and developmet of botanical display garden plant sale private garden tours master gardener program public lectures. Planning for the development of a botanical garden owned by unbc but the society is teh steward of this botanical garden.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $802K | $808K | $802K | $6,330 | — | $49K |
| 2023 | $327K | $285K | $285K | — | — | $55K |
| 2022 | $765K | $63K | $48K | $4,932 | $10K | $14K |
| 2021 | $44K | $50K | $31K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $52K | $35K | $29K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $524 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teresa Blow (president); David Claus (unbc rep); Marie Gendron (secretary); Linda Naess (past president); Esther Prosser (director); Carolyn Rowland (director); Judy Tompkins (director); Doug Thompson (unbc rep); Esther Prosser (director); Catriona McLenna (director); Ana Peasgood (treasurer); Lee Stevens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from David Douglas Botanical Garden Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889161576RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.