Owen Sound Field Naturalists
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 763354321RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,879) as filed with the CRA.
Owen Sound Field Naturalists is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $51K in revenue and $45K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,917.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $17K to The Nature Conservancy of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Conduct educational materials & meetings workshops and outdoor activities increasing the public's understanding of environmental issues. Publish educational materials on the flora and fauna of grey-bruce counties. Support and foster the young naturalists club and related environmental educational activities for children and youth ages 5 to 12. Promote responsible land stewardship. Support the activities of ontario nature. Establish and fund neighbourwoods north to plant tree and naturalize areas around public spaces such as local hospital grounds. Establish and manage the lorraine brown cons…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51K | $45K | $24K | — | $18K | $67K |
| 2023 | $26K | $28K | $24K | — | $1,118 | $64K |
| 2022 | $14K | $20K | $16K | — | $2,000 | $70K |
| 2021 | $21K | $27K | $17K | — | $8,404 | $68K |
| 2020 | $39K | $30K | $27K | — | $968 | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $6,917 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Kinchen (past president); Brendan Mulroy (president); Marcia Courtney (director); Susan Pouget (secretary); Warren Steckle (director); Diane Lawler (director); Michael Rankin (director); Kathleen Pierce (director); Paul Scriver (vice president); Isabella Waterton (vice president); Jeannine Kraft (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Owen Sound Field Naturalists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 763354321RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.