Fraser River Discovery Centre Society
Charitable organization · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 890611387RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($769,047) as filed with the CRA.
Fraser River Discovery Centre Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $785K in revenue and $769K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 29% from government, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $87K.
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 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The fraser river discovery centre society (frdc) operates an interpretive centre that houses temporary exhibits delivers educational programs to school aged children and hosts special events and festivals for the general public. The frdc mission is to be the voice of the fraser in presenting the stories of the fraser river and their contribution to the life history and future of british columbia with the vision of connecting communities in discovery and celebration of the living working fraser river. Frdc provides age appropriate interactive educational experiences to increase the public's…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $785K | $769K | $692K | — | — | $216K |
| 2023 | $977K | $1M | $921K | — | — | $209K |
| 2022 | $847K | $881K | $793K | — | — | $255K |
| 2021 | $756K | $797K | $717K | — | — | $289K |
| 2020 | $704K | $707K | $637K | — | — | $329K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $87K from 6 charities:
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
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$365K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Forrest (director); Nolan Charles (director); Allen Dornaas (secretary); Mark Rizzo (chair); Brett Pavan (treasurer); Kathleen Higgins (past chair); Lyle Viereck (vice chair); Nures Kara (director); Mandev Mann (director); Todd Martin (director); Tom Corsie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fraser River Discovery Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890611387RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.