Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 119003309RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,274,276) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $20.9M in revenue and $18.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% 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 $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 99 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $150 in 2024, the largest being $150 to 1. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $13.7M in 2020 to $20.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
To provide leadership in the protection and restoration of the environmental health and quality of Lake Simcoe and its watershed with our community municipal and other government partners. Provide technical and educational services. The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) has been dedicated to conserving restoring and managing the Lake Simcoe watershed since 1951. Our mission is to work with our community to protect and restore the Lake Simcoe watershed by leading research policy and action.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $20.9M | $18.3M | $12.9M | — | $150 | $29.6M |
| 2023 | $20.6M | $17.2M | $12.1M | — | $325 | $27M |
| 2022 | $24.8M | $16.8M | $10.3M | $0 | $750 | $23.5M |
| 2021 | $16.1M | $14.4M | $10.3M | — | $675 | $15.5M |
| 2020 | $13.7M | $13.4M | $9.5M | — | $675 | $13.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $150 to 1 qualified donee:
- 1$150
Received $1.1M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions99
- Total compensation, all staff$12.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Clare Riepma (chair); Emmett Yeo (director); Peter Ferragine (director); Margaret Quirk (director); Avia Eek (director); Tom Vegh (director); Randy Greenlaw (vice chair); Cria Pettingill (director); Fred Drodge (director); Bruce Garrod (director); David Le Roy (director); Michael Thompson (director); Shira Harrison McIntyre (director); Iain Lovatt (director); Joe Gough (director); Eric Jolliffe (director); Tara Roy DiClemente (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119003309RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.