Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 107646580RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,496,190) as filed with the CRA.
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Chatham, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $5.7M in revenue and $5.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $136K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Water Management Land use Planning & Regulations Tree Planting Restoration and Stewardship Water Source Protection Conservation Lands Education and Community Relations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.5M | $4.9M | — | — | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $4.7M | $4.1M | — | — | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $4.9M | $4.4M | — | — | $7.9M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $3.7M | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.7M | $3.3M | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $136K from 10 charities:
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$81K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$20K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$18K
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$8,165
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,780
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$600
- Dunwich Pastoral Charge$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$125
- The Chatham Kent Community Foundation$0
- United Way / Centraide Windsor-Essex County—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trevor Thompson (board member); Paul Tiessen (board member); Sarah Emons (chair of board); Amy Finn (board member); Richard Leatham (board member); Sandi Hipple (board member); Hugh Aerts (board member); Larissa Vogler (board member); Ken Loveland (board member); Martin Vink (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107646580RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.