The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
Publicly funded institution · Glenburnie, Ontario · BN 106879158RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,364,018) as filed with the CRA.
The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority is a charitable organization based in Glenburnie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $5.4M in revenue and $5.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Operation of water control structures conservation area maintenance heritage land acquisition digital mapping shoreline hazard planning conservation lands acquisition employment programs rails to trails project forestry and education natural heritage study source water protection planning ground water studies agricultural programs major dam maintenance and repairs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $5.4M | $4M | — | — | $14.9M |
| 2023 | $5.7M | $5.2M | $3.9M | — | — | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $5.2M | $4.7M | $3.5M | — | — | $14.5M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.2M | $3.1M | — | — | $14M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $2.9M | — | — | $13.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 8 charities:
- Cataraqui Region Conservation Foundation$36K
- Abundance Canada$10K
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadien$9,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$5,000
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation for Kingston & Area$3,294
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,683
- Nick & Lynn Ross Charitable Foundation$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Amos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106879158RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.