Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Port Dover, Ontario · BN 897560165RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($449,553) as filed with the CRA.
Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation is a charitable organization based in Port Dover, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $436K in revenue and $450K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $68K in 2020 to $436K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The Foundation promotes research monitoring education and projects that support the goals of conservation and sustainable use in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. Our programs include but are not limited to: Cleaning up Norfolk - removing plastics from the Lake Erie Coastal regions of Norfolk County Long Point causeway Improvement Project - saving reptiles by maintaining fences and culverts along the Long Point causeway NatureHood - Developing young citizen scientists Share Geospasial Conservation Database - helping local conservationists collaborate research Annual Research an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $436K | $450K | $405K | $0 | $0 | $8,105 |
| 2023 | $466K | $492K | $450K | — | — | $22K |
| 2022 | $165K | $61K | — | — | — | $48K |
| 2021 | $60K | $55K | $48K | $1,953 | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $68K | $68K | $50K | — | $63K | $79K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K 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$568
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tom Via (director); Wes Wilson (director); Stephanie Giles (director); Andrew Couturier (director); Paula Boutis (director & secretary); Dick Bourgeois-Doyle (director); Janet Dassinger (director); Michael Vansickle (director & treasurer); Jeff Hopkins (director); Angelle Van Kleef (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897560165RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.