Fraser Basin Council Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 886289438RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($15,201,196) as filed with the CRA.
Fraser Basin Council Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 $16M in revenue and $15.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.9M in 2020 to $16M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 35 names.
In its own words
Indicators for sustainability : tracking and compiling data that tracts previously identified indicators for the fraser basin. Debris management : maintenance of and support to debris management group regarding ongoing operations of managing waterborne debris through established debris trap.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16M | $15.2M | $14M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $7.7M | $6.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $8.6M | $8.2M | $5.2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $6M | $5.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $8.9M | $8.6M | $7.8M | — | — | $942K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Ackerman (director); Dannielle Alan (director); Matt Austin (director); Simran Bains (director); Ramona Baxter (director); Wendy Booth (director); Anna Classen (director); Barb Cote (director); Jack Crompton (director); Cassie Doyle (director); Judy Dueck (director); Ann Duong (director); Michelle Edwards (director); Tara Faganello (director); Jason Fisher (director); Percy Folkard (director); Nancy Gale (director); Jag Gill (director); Lori Halls (director); Colin Hansen (chair); Patricia Henitzman (director); Stephanie Killam (director); Maureen Labourdais (director); Rhona Martin (director); Robert Mitchell (director); Shirley Moon (director); Jeff Mycock (director); Clarence Pennier (director); Jardan Point (director); John Ranta (director); Naina Sloan (director); Jamison Squakin (director); Tamara Vrooman (director); Richard Walton (director); Jack Wong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fraser Basin Council Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886289438RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.