Grizzly Bear Foundation
Public foundation · Garden Bay, British Columbia · BN 839758398RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($640,731) as filed with the CRA.
Grizzly Bear Foundation is a public foundation based in Garden Bay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $643K in revenue and $641K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 12% from government, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $169K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $276K in 2020 to $643K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Support the conservation and preservation of the grizzly bears through research and public education. More specifically: 1) to advance education by conducting research into the various topics about grizzly bears and their population sustainability and welfare by publicly disseminating the results of such research to the public. 2) to educate and increase the public's understanding of grizzly bears issues ecology and management by providing public presentation and conferences on the subject. 3) to receive gifts funds and property and to hold invest administer and distribute funds and prope…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $643K | $641K | $452K | $25K | — | $176K |
| 2023 | $609K | $686K | $421K | $22K | $8,475 | $173K |
| 2022 | $940K | $774K | $477K | $126K | — | $250K |
| 2021 | $760K | $608K | $334K | $158K | — | $24K |
| 2020 | $276K | $413K | $300K | $9,714 | — | $10K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $169K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$373K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stuart McLaughlin (chair); Ken Macquisten (board member); Megan Baker (secretary); Douglas Neasloss (board member); Doria Moodie (board member); Ralf Schmidtke (treasurer); Laura Grizzlypaws (board member); Leehane Marg (board member); Mike Willie (board member); John Marriott (board member); Mary Gransou (board member); Ross Dixon (board member); Donald Gordon (board member); Wes Larson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Grizzly Bear Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839758398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.