The B.C. Wildlife Federation
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 118801315RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,005,357) as filed with the CRA.
The B.C. Wildlife Federation is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $8M in revenue and $8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from government. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $234K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 99% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $8M in 2024.
In its own words
The bc wildlife federation provides programs and support for wildlife conservation and environmental restoration. We deliver conservation and outdoor recreation education (core) program in bc. Our wetlands education program promotes provincewide wetland education and stewardship partnering with communities government and nonprofits for wetland restoration. Our youth camps inspire connections with sustainability conservation and outdoor recreation including our go wild leadership camp. Nasp bc teaches youth aged 4 to 12 international style archery and safety training program instructors…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8M | $8M | $4.7M | $959K | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $7.2M | $5.7M | $603K | — | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $6M | $7.9M | $6.8M | $301K | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $8.2M | $7.8M | $6.9M | $301K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3M | $2.1M | $259K | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $234K from 17 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$140K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$45K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- The British Columbia Conservation Foundation$7,500
- Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen$7,200
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$3,000
- Osprey Community Foundation$2,500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,408
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,185
- United Way British Columbia$2,106
- The Hamber Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- The Victoria Foundation$642
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$502
- United Way of Greater Toronto$57
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$3.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The B.C. Wildlife Federation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118801315RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.