North Coast Cetacean Society
Publicly funded institution · Alert Bay, British Columbia · BN 870166816RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($760,741) as filed with the CRA.
North Coast Cetacean Society is a charitable organization based in Alert Bay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under research. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $761K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 51% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,879.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. 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 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $726K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The North Coast Cetacean Society – (NCCS) was founded in 2001 and is a non-profit charitable whale-research organization that has 23 years of dedication towards research education and the protection of whales along the north and central coast of BritishColumbia. With the support and permission of the Gitga'at First Nation of Hartley Bay NCCS operates a whale research station along the coastal regions that surround the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia. This station focuses on the populations and habitat use of humpback whales fin whales and orca. Our research includes both land and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $761K | $751K | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $925K | $700K | $694K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $626K | $261K | $258K | — | — | $978K |
| 2021 | $816K | $916K | $907K | — | — | $986K |
| 2020 | $726K | $911K | $743K | — | $159K | $730K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,879 from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$366K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janie Wray (ceo); Eric Keen (director); Marven Robinson (director); Hayley Shepard (director); Jenn Dicke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from North Coast Cetacean Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870166816RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.