Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Carleton Place, Ontario · BN 107707440RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,937,501) as filed with the CRA.
Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Carleton Place, 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 $5.3M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 84% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,320.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Agent for water and land conservation and management for its member municipalities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $4.9M | $4M | — | — | $7.5M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $5M | $4M | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.4M | $3.4M | — | — | $6.8M |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $4M | $3M | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $4M | $3.7M | $2.7M | — | — | $5.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,320 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Hubley (director); Bev Holmes (director); Cathy Curry (director); Cindy Kelsey (director); Clarke Kelly (director); Dena Comley (director); E. Helene Yanch (director); Glen Gower (director); Janet Mason (chair); Jeannie Kelso (director); Jeff Atkinson (director); John Karau (director); Mary Lou Soulter (director); Paul Kehoe (director); Richard Kidd (director); Roy Hueti (director); Taylor Popkie (director); Wayne Baker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107707440RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.