Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association
Publicly funded institution · Manitowaning, Ontario · BN 856452156RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($589,233) as filed with the CRA.
Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association is a charitable organization based in Manitowaning, Ontario, 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, 2024, it reported $525K in revenue and $589K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 83 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $321K in 2020 to $525K in 2024.
In its own words
In 2024 3 restoration projects were completed including grimesthorpe creek site s19 a&b s14 and wiikwemkoong shoreline restoration. A new educational angling platform in wiikwemkoong unceded territory was installed. Spring/summer garbage and plastic cleanups; phragmites and invasvise species removal completed. Educational outreach was conducted at community events to provide invasive species awareness promote tree planting providing educational stream tours and awareness about our stream restoration initiative. A youth ranger program was initiated to promote youth to become environmental…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $525K | $589K | $355K | $23K | — | $133K |
| 2023 | $502K | $521K | $315K | $11K | — | $201K |
| 2022 | $354K | $289K | $114K | $7,489 | — | $171K |
| 2021 | $268K | $263K | $68K | $7,393 | — | $156K |
| 2020 | $321K | $390K | $296K | $350 | — | $165K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$147K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856452156RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.