One Straw Society
Charitable organization · Roberts Creek, British Columbia · BN 852932508RR0001 · Agriculture · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($348,502) as filed with the CRA.
One Straw Society is a charitable organization based in Roberts Creek, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under agriculture. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $488K in revenue and $349K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 33% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $291K in 2022 to $488K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
One Straw Society provides the following charitable initiatives to further our purpose: (1) Sechelt Streetside Garden - a free-to-harvest urban community garden in Sechelt - empowers local elders unhoused and other community members to engage in grow learn with garden mentors and harvest food as needed. (2) One Tiny Farm - a free accessible community food hub and farm host to a community garden workshops events children's programs community kitchen tool library and foodbox program. (3) Foodbox Program - multi-farm collaboration to plan crops regionally have farms work and produce …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $488K | $349K | $118K | $27K | — | $297K |
| 2023 | $321K | $310K | — | — | — | $158K |
| 2022 | $291K | $247K | $220K | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$169K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Wilson (chair); John Byrnes (vice-chair); Meghan Molnar (member at large); Lisa Giroday (member at large); Tessa Lewis (secretary-treasurer); Matt Livingston (member at large); Casandra Fletcher (exectutive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from One Straw Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852932508RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.