Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119075638RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,083,426) as filed with the CRA.
Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $19.3M in revenue and $19.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 56% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 40 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.3M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 77 qualified donees totalling $3.2M in 2024, the largest being $644K to The British Columbia Conservation Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.9M in 2020 to $19.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The conservation restoration and enhancement of wild pacific salmon for the benefit of present and future generations. Proving funding throughout bc for numerous salmon enhancement stewardship education research and restoration projects. Rivers inlet salmon initiative – in collaboration with the wuikinuxv nation managing a conservation hatchery and associated evaluation assessment and monitoring programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.3M | $19.1M | $11M | $1.3M | $4.5M | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $21.6M | $21.3M | $15.5M | $1.1M | $2.5M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $14.1M | $14M | $7.6M | $1M | $3.5M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $11M | $11M | $6.8M | $287K | $2M | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $9.9M | $9.9M | $6.5M | $344K | $1.5M | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.2M to 77 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The British Columbia Conservation Foundation$644K
- University of Victoria$346K
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$287K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$275K
- Simon Fraser University$190K
- Redd Fish Restoration Society$123K
- Peninsula Streams Society$115K
- The Seymour Salmonid Society$113K
- Seachange Marine Conservation Society$89K
- West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society$66K
- Oyster River Enhancement Society$64K
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$50K
- Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust$50K
- British Columbia Institute of Technology$50K
- The B.C. Wildlife Federation$45K
- Fraser Basin Council Society$45K
- Powell River Salmon Society$40K
- Friends of French Creek Conservation Society$38K
- Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society$38K
- Sargeant Bay Society$31K
- Sunshine Coast Conservation Association$30K
- The Williams Lake Field Naturalists$29K
- Rivershed Society of British Columbia$25K
- Gillard Pass Fisheries Association$25K
- Redd Fish Restoration Society$25K
Received $5.3M from 40 charities:
- Pacific Salmon Endowment Fund Society$2.6M
- Heathcliff Foundation$1M
- Canadahelps Canadon$389K
- Canadahelps Canadon$389K
- North Family Foundation$150K
- Krogseth Foundation$100K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Wheeler Family Foundation$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$65K
- The SJ Foundation$55K
- Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation$50K
- Vancouver Foundation$42K
- The Shields Foundation$30K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$21K
- The McLean Foundation$20K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$18K
- BenefAction Foundation$17K
- The Wolrige Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- The Victoria Foundation$12K
- Rory and Jane Young Foundation$10K
- The Sitka Foundation$10K
- ZLC Foundation$10K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$9,615
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$5.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones (board member); Murray Ned (board member); Timothy Gudewill (board member); George Iwama (board member); Cameron Proctor (board member); Susan Farlinger (board member); Peter Lister (board member); Russell Ball (board member); Shauna Towriss (board member); Jason Quigley (board member); Jeffrey Giesbrecht (chair); Gordon Sterritt (board member); Thomas Ethier (board member); Michael Steinmann (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119075638RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.