Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119149797RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,262,689) as filed with the CRA.
Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $3.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 62% from other charities. In 2024, 36 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Forest Conservation Environmental education awareness programs in BC schools Climate change awareness Community engagement Mother tree local leaders program Restoring our relationships with nature Building capacity for indigenous-led conservation of old growth forests Move the dial on biodiversity Biodiversity and ecosystem health
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3.3M | $2.1M | $865K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.8M | $1.8M | $768K | $0 | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $3.6M | $3.3M | $2M | $460K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $345K | — | $869K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2M | — | — | — | $935K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 36 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$254K
- North Family Foundation$225K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$200K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$131K
- Makeway Foundation$114K
- Indigenous Reconciliation Fund$100K
- Gencon Foundation$100K
- The Sitka Foundation$100K
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$72K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$60K
- ST. Andrew's Wesley United Church$50K
- Chan Family Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$38K
- Indigenous Reconciliation Fund$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Gencon Foundation$30K
- The Dragonfly Fund$27K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- ZLC Foundation$15K
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$10K
- Toronto Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,132
- BenefAction Foundation$5,600
- Vancity Community Foundation$4,270
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alix Flavelle (vice chair); Rob Gillezeau (director); Dakota McGovern (treasurer); Amanda Tracey (director); Desiree Lawson (director); Suchomel Kamila (director); Kerry Baisley (chair); Shanti Aria Scarpetta-Lee (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119149797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.