Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Charitable organization · Sidney, British Columbia · BN 889643565RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,048,129) as filed with the CRA.
Raincoast Conservation Foundation is a charitable organization based in Sidney, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 20% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 39 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.6M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Blueact Marine Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $5.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Great bear rainforest and salish sea 1. Wild salmon project - determining the role and importance of salmon in the ecosystem 2. Coastal wolf project research - ecological genetic and behavioural study of the coastal wolves 3. Grizzly bear projects - ocological diet and habitat studies of coastal grizzlies 4. Marine conservaiton project - research the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and birds on the bc coast 5. Gulf island forest project - focused on addressing biodiversity loss and climate change on coastal douglas-fir habitats 6. Emerging stewards youth education program …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $5M | $4.3M | $448K | $500 | $15.1M |
| 2023 | $8.6M | $4.9M | $3.6M | $128K | — | $14.7M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $4.1M | $3.3M | $106K | $757K | $11M |
| 2021 | $4M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | $77K | $7.3M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.6M from 39 charities:
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$1.5M
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$461K
- Vancouver Foundation$396K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$287K
- The Sitka Foundation$200K
- Gencon Foundation$125K
- Moffat Foundation Inc.$100K
- Aqueduct Foundation$91K
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- Canadahelps Canadon$87K
- North Family Foundation$50K
- Eden Conservation Trust$40K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$35K
- The Victoria Foundation$30K
- Makeway Foundation$27K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$20K
- Ewald Family Foundation$14K
- Canada Gives$13K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- Sunshine Coast Foundation$7,425
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,331
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,000
- Blue Planet Links$5,000
- Fairbairn Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jane Woodland (director); Misty Macduffee (vice chair); Corey Peet (chair); Maureen Gordon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889643565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.