Delta Naturalists Society
Charitable organization · Delta, British Columbia · BN 892079849RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,472) as filed with the CRA.
Delta Naturalists Society is a charitable organization based in Delta, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $8,177 in revenue and $11K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $1,654 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Wilderness Committee Donation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
DNS provides bi-weekly casual nature/birding walks monthly Zoom general meetings including natural related presentations we were able to participate in several community related natural history display booths.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8,177 | $11K | $5,124 | — | $1,304 | — |
| 2023 | $8,521 | $6,710 | $3,529 | — | $150 | — |
| 2022 | $14K | $9,453 | — | — | $500 | — |
| 2021 | $9,539 | $6,598 | — | — | $595 | — |
| 2020 | $6,410 | $5,569 | — | — | $2,200 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,654 to 5 qualified donees:
- Wilderness Committee Donation$500
- Ancient Forest Alliance$500
- Owl (orphaned Wildlife) Rehabilitation Societ$300
- Owl (orphaned Wildlife) Rehabilitation Societ$300
- Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society$54
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Kneesch (treasurer/membership); Syd Barber (president); Elizabeth Perrin (director at large); David Hoar (director at large); Nicki Brockamp (vice-president); Joe Stephenson (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Delta Naturalists Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892079849RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.