Elk River Watershed Alliance
Charitable organization · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 838844637RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($471,323) as filed with the CRA.
Elk River Watershed Alliance is a charitable organization based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $493K in revenue and $471K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 12% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $164K in 2020 to $493K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Community based water monitoring (cabin monitoring hydrometric monitoring whirling disease monitoring sediment monitoring) education and outreach (signage outreach events markets workshops geocache etc) elk river discovery camp restoration (riparian and floodplan survey and restoration) elk river watershed collaborative monitoring program organisation volunteers; approx 3000 hrs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $493K | $471K | $338K | $20K | — | $55K |
| 2023 | $396K | $404K | $329K | $10K | — | $33K |
| 2022 | $259K | $282K | $220K | $1,115 | — | $41K |
| 2021 | $259K | $259K | $228K | $695 | $100 | -$2,126 |
| 2020 | $164K | $165K | $137K | — | — | -$2,028 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 9 charities:
- RBC Foundation$40K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- The Dickhout Family Foundation$5,000
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,160
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies$1,833
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$725
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$277K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stella Swanson (director); George Greene (chair); Ashlee Jollymore (vice chair); Kevin Atherton (director); Lee-Anne Walker (director); Jason Gravelle (director); Erin Webber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elk River Watershed Alliance’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838844637RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.