Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society
Charitable organization · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 859574659RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($509,195) as filed with the CRA.
Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society is a charitable organization based in Sechelt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $575K in revenue and $509K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Public botanical education program garden tours school presentations and field trips workshops lectures and slide presentations demonstration gardens community outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $575K | $509K | $632K | $14K | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $677K | $462K | $361K | $21K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $379K | $382K | $310K | $3,543 | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $446K | $307K | $222K | $2,485 | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $448K | $320K | $254K | $18K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$302K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jean Bennett (president); Paddy Wales (director); Rosemary Bates Terry (director); Douglas Justice (director); Cathy Hallam (vice president); Will Heerschop (treasurer); Joyce Gould (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859574659RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.