Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society
Charitable organization · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 801301714RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($127,860) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society is a charitable organization based in Invermere, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $122K in revenue and $128K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 39% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Columbia Valley Community Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The lake windermere ambassadors society continued programs which focused on the protection of lake windermere and its watershed through community monitory public education on the health of the lake and watershed opportunities for stewardship shoreline clean-ups dissemination of science-based research as well as delivery of free and educational; kids camps workshops and presentations. Our programs in this fiscal year were a continuation or expansions of ongoing programs for example the ambassadors were able to offer a green shores for homes training workshop to members of the communit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $122K | $128K | $108K | $768 | $2,500 | $36K |
| 2023 | $109K | $109K | $93K | $737 | — | $42K |
| 2022 | $167K | $140K | $122K | $2,363 | — | $63K |
| 2021 | $137K | $144K | $119K | $2,917 | — | $36K |
| 2020 | $159K | $159K | $103K | $11K | — | $20K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $22K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shawn Risdale (director); Taoya Schaefer (director); Max Fanderl (director); Gurmeet Brar (director); Jennifer Beverley (director); Victoria Lang (director); Shannon Nickerson (director); Ryan Watmough (director); Richard Spenrath (director); Candis Dear (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 801301714RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.