Rideau Waterway Land Trust
Charitable organization · Elgin, Ontario · BN 892336348RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($234,292) as filed with the CRA.
Rideau Waterway Land Trust is a charitable organization based in Elgin, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $339K in revenue and $234K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $110K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $155K in 2020 to $339K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We preserve and steward important natural lands and habitat in the Rideau Waterway corridor through donations and purchases. We focus on the preservation of important land that supports plants animals and clean water (Conservation Lands). We also provide recreation opportunities to the public by building and maintaining nature trails (Community Lands).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $339K | $234K | $140K | $19K | $0 | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $332K | $307K | $198K | $28K | — | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $276K | $304K | $108K | $188K | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $813K | $263K | $242K | $7,814 | — | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $155K | $126K | $113K | $8,943 | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $110K from 11 charities:
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$40K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$10K
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,700
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$2,800
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$300
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$163K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Grass (chair); Thomas Hannah (director); Erica Kendrick (director); James Maclaughlan (secretary); Richard Parker (treasurer); Nicholas Betts (director); Amber Blewitt (director); Kari Wolanski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rideau Waterway Land Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892336348RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.