Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 887723153RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($126,495) as filed with the CRA.
Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1,575 in revenue and $126K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $99K in 2024, the largest being $99K to Saskatoon Community Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $213K in 2020 to $1,575 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Environmental education programs. Development and delivery of environmental stewardship programs. Provision of supplies and information to school children to asses local water conditions and identify opportunities for individual stewardship action. Development of programs for communities on ecological profiles structured around local watersheds
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,575 | $126K | — | — | $99K | $0 |
| 2023 | $133K | $129K | $94K | — | — | $125K |
| 2022 | $273K | $155K | $97K | — | — | $122K |
| 2021 | $136K | $150K | $89K | — | — | $3,314 |
| 2020 | $213K | $222K | $164K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $99K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Halliday (chairperson); Sarina Gersher (director); Johanne Kristjanson (director); Mike Stainton (director); Twyla Yobb (director); Mike Murray (director); Morna Hussey (director); Madeline Dessler (director); Brian Giesbrecht (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Partners for the Saskatchewan River Basin’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887723153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.