Freshwater Conservation Canada
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119271690RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,153,520) as filed with the CRA.
Freshwater Conservation Canada is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 34% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $331K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Freshwater conservation canada is committed to conserving protecting and restoring canada's freshwater ecosystems and their coldwater resources for current and future generations. Programs and projects are delivered by our professional staff along with local chapters volunteers and partners. Our on-the-ground work addresses challenges related to water quality water quantity aquatic community health and freshwater habitats. Restoration work also helps to mitigate the impacts of climate change by improving ecosystem resilience and function. Programs include species at risk recovery efforts…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.2M | $1.7M | $93K | — | $33K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.3M | $1.9M | $96K | — | $94K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $96K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $74K | — | $778K |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.2M | $937K | $112K | — | $798K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $331K from 13 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$129K
- Alberta Conservation Association$78K
- The Calgary Foundation$71K
- The Alberta Fish and Game Association$37K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,885
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$4,850
- United Way of Calgary and Area$2,000
- The Peterborough Foundation$1,520
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$431
- United Way of Greater Toronto$216
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$174
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristoffer Benson (director); Wayne Geis (director); Richard Iwaniuk (director); Rod Sobchishin (director); Brian Mellor (director); Lesley Riggs (director); David Williamson (director); Ted Ecclestone (director); Andrea Jalbert (director); Candice Paton (director); Kevin Sullivan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Freshwater Conservation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119271690RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.