Get Bear Smart Society
Charitable organization · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 877206565RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,452) as filed with the CRA.
Get Bear Smart Society is a charitable organization based in Sechelt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $6,294 in revenue and $6,452 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2023, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $918.
Compared with 449 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We are keeping our website active and addressing concerns form other grass roots groups. Our mandate is to help inform people about living with bears; creating bear smart communities; recreating in bear country; bear safety at work; and managing bears (for wildlife officials).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $6,294 | $6,452 | $2,404 | — | — | $2,386 |
| 2021 | $15K | $20K | $8,081 | — | $0 | $2,233 |
| 2020 | $6,964 | $5,144 | $606 | — | — | $8,905 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $918 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Ainslie Willock (president); Wayne McCrory (vice president); Sylvia Dolson (secretary/treasurer); Ellie Lamb (director at large); Christine Miller (director at large).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Get Bear Smart Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877206565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.