Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119071553RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($157,579) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $170K in revenue and $158K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,762.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Ontario Nature Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The ottawa field-naturalists' club is a volunteer registered charitable organization and is the oldest natural history club in canada. The club's ongoing programs include the publication of a national refereed scientific journal called the canadian field-naturalist the publication of a local history journal and quarterly newsletter called trail & landscape protection of local and provincial natural areas using donations documentation and advocacy maintenance of a 6.5 hectare wildlife garden in ottawa ontario to demonstrate how natural habitats can be created in urban and suburban areas …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170K | $158K | $112K | — | $15K | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $189K | $179K | $146K | $328 | $5,000 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $178K | $152K | $124K | $1,987 | $1,000 | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $150K | $128K | $97K | — | $10K | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $172K | $145K | $121K | — | $6,800 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $2,762 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Annie Bélair (director); Owen Clarkin (president); Edward Farnworth (director); Catherine Hessian (member at large); Ann Mackenzie (director); Elizabeth Moore (secretary); Jakob Mueller (past president); Janette Niwa (director); Gordon Robertson (director); Kenneth Young (treasurer); Eleanor Zurbrigg (director); Susan E Lehmann (director); Lisa Chamney (director); Katrina L Ilves (director); Beverly McBride (director); Emilia Michaud (director); Jessica R Sims (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119071553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.