Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 107452641RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,944,532) as filed with the CRA.
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $3.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $49K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Conservation of lands for the public to use and enjoy
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $3.9M | $1.7M | $49K | — | $17M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $10.3M |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.2M | — | — | $10.1M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.1M | — | — | $10.2M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $1.7M | — | — | $10M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Greig (director); Scott Mackay (director); Alex Maxwell (director); Jennifer Christie-Shaw (director); Tobin Day (director); Robert Uhrig (director); Jon Farmer (director); Kathy Durst (director); Tony Bell (director); Nadia Dubyk (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grey Sauble Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107452641RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.