Hamilton Naturalists' Club
Charitable organization · Dundas, Ontario · BN 118951748RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($675,664) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Naturalists' Club is a charitable organization based in Dundas, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $933K in revenue and $676K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $282K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to McMaster University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $526K in 2020 to $933K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Promotion of the appreciation and conservation of flora fauna and wildlands by: 1) Providing member services; including monthly meetings with speakers (open to the public) published newsletter (9x a year) nature appreciation walks and field trips public internet bird sighting postings and internet website with live webcams; 2) providing a bird study group with monthly meetings; 3) Conservation committee monitors and acts on local issues; 4) Hamilton Community Peregrine Project - a volunteer program to ensure survival of peregrine falcon fledglings; 5) Operation of 9 nature sanctuaries as w…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $933K | $676K | $639K | $1,577 | $2,000 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $300K | $308K | $272K | $160 | $1,100 | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $532K | $453K | — | — | $1,438 | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $436K | $244K | $219K | — | $1,814 | $1M |
| 2020 | $526K | $663K | $597K | $0 | $2,161 | $811K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,000 to 2 qualified donees:
- McMaster University$1,000
- Ontario Field Ornithologists$1,000
Received $282K from 14 charities:
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$150K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$69K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$20K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,681
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,425
- The Herb and Cece Schreiber Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$920
- Link Charity Canada Inc$800
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$776
- Westdale United Church$200
- Clergy Support Memorial Church$200
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$194
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$182K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bill Lamond (past president); Jackson Hudecki (vice president); Mary Mitton (director); Robert Porter (director); Brian Wylie (director); Claire Bennett (director); Rachel Jones (president); Kevin Empey (treasurer); Peter Langballe (director); Charlie Briggs (director); Gabriel Esu (secretary); Nancy Hurst (director); Brian McHattie (director); Rachel Irwin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Naturalists' Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118951748RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.