Salt Spring Sanctuary Society
Private foundation · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 862446028RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,802) as filed with the CRA.
Salt Spring Sanctuary Society is a private foundation based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3,381 in revenue and $12K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations.
Compared with 211 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2023, the largest being $2,000 to Farmfolk/cityfolk Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2,076 in 2020 to $3,381 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conducting trials of new varieties of all kinds of vegetables. Maintenance of membership database and members' plant evaluations. Answering letters phone calls and emails from both individuals and communities regarding seed saving. Encouraging and advising communities on starting their own seed banks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,381 | $12K | $11K | — | $1,000 | $0 |
| 2023 | $2,754 | $3,421 | $1,000 | — | $2,000 | $0 |
| 2022 | $3,299 | $6,019 | $4,500 | — | — | $68 |
| 2021 | $2,418 | $310 | $1,000 | — | — | $250 |
| 2020 | $2,076 | $364 | $10K | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dan Jason; Rupert Adams (president); Ky Fox (treasurer); Sheila Dobie; Meghan McEachern; Fernando Vicario (vice president); Nigel Kay; Megan Flury (secretary); Jeff Shatford.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salt Spring Sanctuary Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862446028RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.