Rocky Mountain Naturalists Club
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 883559361RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,811) as filed with the CRA.
Rocky Mountain Naturalists Club is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, 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 $19K in revenue and $6,811 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to College of the Rockies. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Elizabeth lake ecosystem enhancement project water fowl cavity nesting group - annual observation and recording of popultion and box usage annual scholarship to college of the rockies cranbrook b.c. Turtle day at elizabeth lake - western painted turtles and their nesting sites bluebird box maintenance observation and recording of bird species little big day - birding observation throughout the area christmas bird count ram creek ecological reserve wardenship christmas bird count
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $6,811 | — | — | $1,000 | $9,563 |
| 2023 | $27K | $28K | $1,000 | — | $1,000 | $9,755 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- College of the Rockies$1,000
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
- Honda Canada Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Baker (president); Linda Digby (vice president); Theckla Sawicki (secretary); Janice Gordon-Hooker (treasurer); Marianne Nahm (past president); Stewart Wilson (bc nature rep); Lourdes Niehaus (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rocky Mountain Naturalists Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883559361RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.