Osprey Community Foundation
Public foundation · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 874925928RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,318,401) as filed with the CRA.
Osprey Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $871K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 79 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $306K to Kaslo and District Public Library Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $891K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Support and services for charitable sector. Osprey provides a charitable vehicle to enable local people to 'give back.' contributions to a growing community endowment generate granting income that supports local charities in the nelson bc area as well as in the neighbouring communities of north kootenay lake slocan valley and salmo valley. Our grants help fund programs for seniors youth families arts food security environment health care animal welfare education and more.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $106K | $2,122 | $1.1M | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $103K | $4,119 | $972K | $701K |
| 2022 | $1M | $901K | $107K | $251 | $768K | $220K |
| 2021 | $798K | $807K | $106K | $9,518 | $677K | $552K |
| 2020 | $891K | $864K | $99K | $9,756 | $744K | $555K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 79 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Kaslo and District Public Library Association$306K
- Vancouver Foundation$247K
- Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation$43K
- Kaslo Community Services Society$37K
- Nelson Community Food Centre Society$35K
- Nelson Cares Society$33K
- Nelson Community Services Society$31K
- Salmo Community Resource Society$30K
- Kootenay Christian Fellowship$30K
- Nelson and District Museum Archives Art Gallery and Historical Society$26K
- West Kootenay/boundary a I D S Network Outreach Support Society$26K
- Zion United Church$22K
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$21K
- Kootenay Animal Assistance Program Society$20K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake)$17K
- Slocan Valley Community Service Society$17K
- The Lions Club of Nelson Charitable Trust$16K
- City of Nelson$14K
- Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay$10K
- Living Lakes Canada Society$8,000
- Ernie Gare Athletic Scholarship Society$7,191
- Kaslo Outdoor Recreation and Trails Society$7,145
- Association of Neighbourhood Houses of British Columbia$6,813
- Friends of the Nelson Municipal Library$6,650
- Nelson Civic Theatre Society$5,000
Received $871K from 10 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$613K
- Community Foundations of Canada$233K
- Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,696
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,380
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,260
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$922
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$459
- Canadahelps Canadon$336
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$93
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$116K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Norman McCarvell (chair); Sharon Lee (vice chair); P'Nina Shames (secretary); Kim Irving (director); Susan Kurtz (director); Catherine Fisher (secretary); Mary Devan (director); Debbie Gerrits (director); Ian Burroughs (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Osprey Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874925928RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.