Surfrider Foundation Canada Chapters
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 805979424RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($526,471) as filed with the CRA.
Surfrider Foundation Canada Chapters is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $529K in revenue and $526K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 22% from government, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $200 in 2024, the largest being $200 to Rising Tide Indigenous Surf Team. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $338K in 2020 to $529K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Blue Water Task Force - we collect data to inform the public on the state of our coastal environment. Beach Clean Ups Love Your Beach Clean - we organize events to restore and preserve our coastal environment. Rise Above Plastics Ban the Bag Hold onto your Butts Cut the Cutlery Ocean Friendly Businesses Dock the Debris Wave Protection - we campaign to increase public awareness of the effects of debris and pollution on our environment. Youth Environmental Stewardship Surfrider School - we educate the public on the importance of our coastal environment. Wetsuit Reincarnation - we par…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $529K | $526K | $299K | $105K | $200 | $433K |
| 2023 | $521K | $420K | $161K | $52K | — | $421K |
| 2022 | $254K | $364K | $159K | $51K | — | $396K |
| 2021 | $463K | $207K | $132K | $6,104 | — | $472K |
| 2020 | $338K | $195K | $20K | $4,106 | — | $251K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $200 to 1 qualified donee:
- Rising Tide Indigenous Surf Team$200
Received $181K from 17 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$75K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- Makeway Foundation$13K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- Vancity Community Foundation$8,500
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Society$6,390
- Canadian Medical Foundation$5,027
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,182
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,810
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,631
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,500
- Harbourfront Gives Foundation$1,115
- BC Parks Foundation$1,000
- The Victoria Foundation$1,000
- David Charitable Trust$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$248
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$298K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Boudinot (president); Gillian Montgomery (director); Nicole Bresser (director); Gerald Hartwig (director); Carolyn Whittaker (director); Caralee Murphy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Surfrider Foundation Canada Chapters’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 805979424RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.