Little River Enhancement Society
Publicly funded institution · Comox, British Columbia · BN 139156046RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,712) as filed with the CRA.
Little River Enhancement Society is a charitable organization based in Comox, British Columbia, 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 January 31, 2024, it reported $27K in revenue and $9,712 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $347.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $70K in 2020 to $27K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Operation of a fish hatchery for coho and chum salmon including measuring weighing and clipping of fry. Enumeration of smolts departing the watershed in the spring. Eenumeration of adult fish returning to the watershed in the fall and capturing brood stock from returning wild fish. Conducting a public education program including providing eggs to school classrooms to raise and release salmon smolts pariicipation in community events and operation of a website and a facebook site.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $9,712 | $9,676 | — | — | $74K |
| 2023 | $31K | $21K | $20K | — | — | $61K |
| 2022 | $32K | $21K | $21K | — | — | $105K |
| 2021 | $26K | $9,250 | $9,250 | — | — | $82K |
| 2020 | $70K | $52K | $51K | — | — | $70K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $347 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Hicks (hatchery manager); Lawrernce Vea (secretary); George Ellis (treasurer); Chris Gage (director); Bob Ogilvy (director); Desmond Moult (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Little River Enhancement Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139156046RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.