Quidi VIDI Rennies River Development Foundation
Charitable organization · ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 126481530RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($436,893) as filed with the CRA.
Quidi VIDI Rennies River Development Foundation is a charitable organization based in ST John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $350K in revenue and $437K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 29% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,110.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $647K in 2020 to $350K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The fluvarium is run by the quidi/rennie's river development foundation a non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education and freshwater ecology. Our school programs take students on a field trip the natural world. Students will participate in a journey of discovery in and around the fluvarium to gain a firsthand understanding of plants animals and the ecosystem they live in. Our fish friends program gives children and adults the opportunity to explore the world of the wild atlantic salmon a species that need clean rivers and streams to survive and that migrates hund…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $350K | $437K | $281K | $5,270 | — | $130K |
| 2023 | $624K | $476K | $453K | $11K | — | $272K |
| 2022 | $595K | $531K | $521K | $2,500 | — | $86K |
| 2021 | $430K | $356K | $284K | — | — | $21K |
| 2020 | $647K | $614K | $500K | — | — | -$53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,110 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$140K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Korab (chair); Charlie Bryne (vice chair); Heather Dalton (board member); Greg Smith (board member); Jennifer Button (board member); Joseph Darian (board member); Ursula Hann (board member); Diana Baird (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Quidi VIDI Rennies River Development Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126481530RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.