Federation of British Columbia Naturalists
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118913912RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($946,349) as filed with the CRA.
Federation of British Columbia Naturalists is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $788K in revenue and $946K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 43% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $294K in 2020 to $788K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Operating under the name BC Nature The Federation of British Columbia Naturalists is the umbrella organization supporting over 53 local natural history organizations located throughout British Columbia. Ongoing programs include: i) conservation of bird habits (IBA) ii) park interpretation iii) wildlife viewing and iv) organizing educational camps.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $788K | $946K | $514K | $29K | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $1M | $940K | $743K | $28K | — | $330K |
| 2022 | $445K | $482K | $300K | $24K | — | $248K |
| 2021 | $313K | $233K | $162K | $10K | — | — |
| 2020 | $294K | $203K | $103K | — | — | $204K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $238K from 11 charities:
- The Sitka Foundation$125K
- BC Naturalists' Foundation$41K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- The Fitzhenry Family Foundation$10K
- Shuswap Community Foundation$3,450
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,916
- Shuswap Community Foundation$2,128
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$1,324
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$315
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$284K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Ballin (conservation chair); Susan Thorne (secretary); Margaret Cuthbert (education chair); Ben Van Drimmelen (director at large); Gary Hunt (regi. coordination okana); Brian Wilkes (reg. coordinator); Walter Thorne (reg. coordinator nor bc); Nancy Flood (president); Olga Lansdrop (director at large); Stewart Wilson (reg. coordinator kootena); Alanna Mackenzie (co-secretary); Harold Sellers (vice president); Viktorija Juciute (lower mainland reg. coorinator); Alan Burger; Natasha Chand (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Federation of British Columbia Naturalists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118913912RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.