The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Field, British Columbia · BN 139006605RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($113,505) as filed with the CRA.
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a charitable organization based in Field, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $101K in revenue and $114K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,355.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $101K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Lectures and educational talks guided hikes and guidebook sales.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $101K | $114K | $106K | $12 | — | $204K |
| 2023 | $133K | $128K | $118K | $12 | — | $212K |
| 2022 | $121K | $119K | $109K | $10 | — | $224K |
| 2021 | $128K | $118K | $100K | $20 | — | $270K |
| 2020 | $12K | $73K | $71K | $18 | — | $215K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,355 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessica Barnes (director); Stacey Gibb (director); Karla Gaffney (director); David Moore (director); Lida Goldchteine (director); Jennifer Duffy (director); Simon Haynes (secretary); Jonah Resnick (treasurer); Steven Wickson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139006605RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.