Salal Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 898470513RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,876,784) as filed with the CRA.
Salal Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.7M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 55% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $152K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Nature Québec. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $847K in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide information regarding the protection of the environment by encouraging best practices in the transport storage and use of toxic substances. We perform research and promote best practices for the use of Canada's water land and marine resources. Ongoing Program Priorities: Build Capacity; Develop Resilient Communities; Enhance Democracy Green Canadian Industries; Innovative Climate Action Promote Movement Diversity; Protect Forests Scale Engagement Strengthen Indigenous Resilience; Sustainable Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Tell Powerful Stories
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.9M | $3.7M | $17K | $728K | $132K |
| 2023 | $5M | $4.8M | $4.3M | $19K | $151K | $330K |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $3M | $31K | $145K | $166K |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.1M | $13K | — | $129K |
| 2020 | $847K | $855K | $773K | $22K | — | $66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $152K to 9 qualified donees:
- Nature Québec$50K
- Sierra Club Canada Foundation$43K
- Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment$25K
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives / Centre Canadien de Politiques Alternatives$10K
- FMC Fair Mining Collaborative Society$5,600
- Generate Canada Inc.$5,000
- FCJ Refugee Centre$5,000
- Carleton University$5,000
- Environmental Defence Canada$3,000
Received $2.5M from 23 charities:
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$730K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$567K
- North Family Foundation$250K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$185K
- Aqueduct Foundation$125K
- DI Foundation$109K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$64K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$55K
- Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring$50K
- Vancouver Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$40K
- Makeway Foundation$28K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Spevakow Family Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$4,000
- Almonte Community CO-Ordinators$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Lee (director); Michael Begg (director); Damion Briscoe (secretary-treasurer); Jessica Clogg (director); Kathleen Cadungog (chair); Karine Peloffy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salal Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898470513RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.