The British Columbia Conservation Foundation
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 123042822RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,587,661) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Conservation Foundation is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $10.6M in revenue and $10.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from government. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $908K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Land for wildlife: make financial contributions to land acquisitions; wildsafebc: provides public awareness to reduce human/wildlife conflict; wildlife collision prevention program: provides public awareness to prevent wildlife/vehicle collisions; wildlife and environmental research: various conservation projects; and john b. Holdstock scholarship: annual award for post-secondary students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.6M | $10.6M | $9.1M | — | $33K | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $10.7M | $10.7M | $9.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $11.2M | $10.9M | $9.8M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $8.8M | $8.7M | $7.7M | — | $23K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $8.8M | $8.6M | $7.7M | — | $12K | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $908K from 28 charities:
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$644K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$30K
- Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Society$20K
- The McLean Foundation$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$10K
- The Fitzhenry Family Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Sunshine Coast Foundation$10K
- The James A. and Donna-Mae Moore Foundation$10K
- Kenneth M. Molson Foundation$5,150
- Victoria Natural History Society$5,000
- Redpoll Foundation$3,000
- The Shewan Foundation$3,000
- Georgina Sawyer Memorial Foundation$3,000
- BC Parks Foundation$2,000
- The Edward Young Reid II and Lester John Bartson III Canadian Charitable Foundation$2,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$972
- Vancouver Foundation$700
- The Victoria Foundation$600
- Wee Waifs Worldwide Trust$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99920 positions
- $1–39,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$4.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jen Bellhouse (director); Wayne (bill) Bosch (secretary); Ted Brookman (director); Darlene Clark (director); Richard George (director); Dave Harper (director); David Hendrickson (executive director); Douglas Janz (past chair); David Lewis (vice chair); Joan Lindsay (treasurer); Mark McDonald (director); Gerry Paillie (director); John Shepherd (chair); Jared Wilkison (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123042822RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.