Saint-Lawrence Valley Natural History Society
Charitable organization · Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, Quebec · BN 131581761RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,578,528) as filed with the CRA.
Saint-Lawrence Valley Natural History Society is a charitable organization based in Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Society's mission is centered on animal well-being education and conservation. The Society operates the ECOMUSEUM ZOO through which with both on-site and outreach activities it offers a variety of different programs to schools and the public at large. With its collection of animal ambassadors acting as catalysts it provides landmark learning experiences to our youth a known element in education recognized to be changing and everlasting for every individual. On-going programs include: visits by thegeneral public to our wildlife park themed presentations summer nature camps guided to…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $4.6M | $4M | $1,049 | $0 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $1,813 | $0 | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $3.9M | $3.3M | $8,636 | $0 | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.4M | $2.8M | $4,948 | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.6M | $1.8M | $1,155 | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 11 charities:
- Fondation J-Louis Lévesque$30K
- West-island community shares$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,859
- The George Hogg Family Foundation$6,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,581
- Fondation de la famille Zeller$5,000
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$5,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,001
- College de l'Ouest de l'Ile Inc./ West Island College Inc.$300
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint-Lawrence Valley Natural History Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131581761RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.