Sovereign Seeds
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 755819745RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($256,999) as filed with the CRA.
Sovereign Seeds is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $224K in revenue and $257K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $52.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Partnering with Indigenous communities and initiatives to provide assistance in restoring community- or nation-specific seed and agriculture protocols teachings practices and histories; and create learning opportunities for Indigenous people to learn and reclaim cultural seed keeper teachings and skills. A 12 month school program for Indigenous 2SLGBTQ+ people to learn and reclaim cultural seed keeping teachings and skills.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $224K | $257K | $217K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $460 | $53K | $46K | — | — | $372K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $52 from 1 charity:
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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cecilia Rossander (board member); Marissa Hill (board member); Dena Klashinsky (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sovereign Seeds’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 755819745RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.