RSBC Rivershed Society Of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Lake Cowichan, British Columbia · BN 887313237RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,350,847) as filed with the CRA.
RSBC Rivershed Society Of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Lake Cowichan, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $98K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $351K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Watershed cpr foodlands restoration race the river river clinics
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $943K | $83K | — | $126K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $894K | $94K | — | $152K |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.1M | $702K | $31K | $18K | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $995K | — | — | $20K | $457K |
| 2020 | $351K | $334K | $111K | $111K | $0 | $138K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $98K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$744K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Dadalt (director); Neal Nicholson (treasurer); Oliver Berger (board member); Sierra Rae (board member); Simon Zukowski (board member); Grant Smith (chair); Behnaz Bahroudi (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from RSBC Rivershed Society Of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887313237RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.