Muskoka Conservancy
Charitable organization · Bracebridge, Ontario · BN 890408883RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($461,072) as filed with the CRA.
Muskoka Conservancy is a charitable organization based in Bracebridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $634K in revenue and $461K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 110% from donations. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $949K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The vision of the organization is to ensure muskoka's natural spaces are protected forever and to conserve nature in muskoka
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $634K | $461K | $310K | $30K | — | $34.1M |
| 2023 | $621K | $443K | $264K | $37K | — | $33M |
| 2022 | $359K | $308K | $202K | $1,541 | — | $28.3M |
| 2021 | $795K | $278K | $182K | $10K | — | $21.7M |
| 2020 | $829K | $246K | $159K | $6,232 | — | $17.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $949K from 17 charities:
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$876K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$17K
- Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,487
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,000
- The Andy and Beth Burgess Family Foundation$5,000
- Hamilton Community Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,697
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$1,750
- The Schneider Family Foundation$1,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$500
- Muskoka Community Foundation$500
- Canada Gives$300
- United Way of Greater Toronto$250
- Hill Family Foundation$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$203K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Weekes (president); Elspeth Wood (vice president); Sue Sedgwick (director); Peter Love (treasirer); Laura Thomas (director); Joanne Smith (director); Helle Tosine (director); Martine Brouillet (director); Stephen Fahner (director); Stephanie Grant (director); Derrick Hammond (director); Samantha Hastings (director); Dana Richardson (director); Jenna White (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muskoka Conservancy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890408883RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.