Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Manotick, Ontario · BN 107896136RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,342,795) as filed with the CRA.
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Manotick, Ontario, 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 $12.4M in revenue and $11.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
The rvca looks to build resilient communities in the face of climate change and population growth by promoting an integrated watershed approach - one that balances human environmental and economic needs. This work is done in support of our member municipalities watershed residents and conversation partners. Our priorities are to improve water quality protect water supplies manage flood risk and erosion hazards restore watershed habitats and increase conservation lands. The rideau valley watershed is 4 421 square kilometers the rvca: -manages over 3 300 hectares of conservation lan…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.4M | $11.3M | — | — | — | $18.7M |
| 2023 | $13.1M | $10.9M | — | — | — | $17.6M |
| 2022 | $11.7M | $10.7M | — | — | — | $15.2M |
| 2021 | $11M | $9.8M | — | — | — | $14.4M |
| 2020 | $10.7M | $10.1M | $8.3M | $82K | $297K | $13.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Adam Turcotte (director); Adrian Wynands (director); Angela Pierman (director); Anne Barr (director); Brian Dowdall (director); David Brown (director); Gary Waterfield (director); Jeff Banks (director); Joe Aragona (director); Kristin Strackerjan (chair); Sean Devine (director); Shawn Pankow (director); Shelley Petersen-Quesnel (director); Stephen Fournier (director); Susan Irwin (director); Theresa Kavanagh (director); Trevor Johnson (director); Wilson Lo (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rideau Valley Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107896136RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.