Mackenzie Nature Observatory
Publicly funded institution · Mackenzie, British Columbia · BN 888019296RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,368) as filed with the CRA.
Mackenzie Nature Observatory is a charitable organization based in Mackenzie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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, 2023, it reported $21K in revenue and $38K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,193.
Compared with 35 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,805 in 2020 to $21K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Fall migration monitoring at mugahan marsh 14.5 km northwest of mackenzie bc. The program started in 1995 and has continued straight through thus giving us a large data base. The data is collected on small land bird that are local as well as migrating birds through the area. The birds are captured in mist nets and taken to an indoor banding lab where they are identified banded and the information recorded and reported on in our annual report. Specific information is collected before they are again released. There were two licenced banders and assistant hired. With a licenced bander we can t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $21K | $38K | $37K | — | — | $146K |
| 2022 | $46K | $35K | $31K | — | — | $170K |
| 2021 | $32K | $34K | $31K | — | — | $149K |
| 2020 | $7,805 | — | — | — | — | $163K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,193 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$28K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Ryan Bichon (president); Sarah Curtis (treasurer); Sandra Kinsey (director); Jeanne Shaw (director); David Lambie (director); Angelina Joiner (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mackenzie Nature Observatory’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888019296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.