MLSS Marine Life Sanctuaries Society of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891371098RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($116,106) as filed with the CRA.
MLSS Marine Life Sanctuaries Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $125K in revenue and $116K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,400.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $227 in 2020 to $125K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Mlss participates in the establishment of marine conservation areas around the coast of british columbia. Mlss endeavours to educate the public through hands-on experiences and interpretation of the natural history of subtidal animals and algae that inhabit our coastline through beach interpretation programs. Mlss also communicates directly with parks canada bc parks and fisheries and oceans canada staff to provide science-based evidence supporting the value of establishing marine protected areas (mpas) rockfish conservation areas (rcas) an marine sanctuaries. We work with local communitie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $125K | $116K | $78K | — | — | $32K |
| 2023 | $61K | $56K | $44K | — | — | $23K |
| 2022 | $2,438 | — | — | — | — | $18K |
| 2021 | $11K | $1,547 | $1,547 | $0 | $0 | $17K |
| 2020 | $227 | $4,715 | $4,509 | — | $0 | $7,425 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,400 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lora Tryon (president); Sheila Byers (director at large); Huddie Bennett (treasurer); Deirdre Forbes McCracken (vice president); Tori Preddy (secretary); Young Tze Kuah (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from MLSS Marine Life Sanctuaries Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891371098RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.