The Couchiching Conservancy
Charitable organization · Orillia, Ontario · BN 139725030RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,612,700) as filed with the CRA.
The Couchiching Conservancy is a charitable organization based in Orillia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 8% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $447K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2M in 2024.
In its own words
Obtaining donations of ecologically sensitive lands and conservation easements. Managing properties to protect natural values. Raising funds for the purchase of natural lands. Analyzing natural landscapes to indentify significant features. Sponsoring landowner and public education programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $131K | — | $9.5M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $105K | — | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $830K | $870K | $596K | $134K | — | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $918K | — | — | $200K | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $880K | $674K | $104K | — | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $447K from 12 charities:
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$329K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Centre for Land Conservation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,325
- Forks in the Trail Private Foundation$1,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- Orillia Concert Band$500
- The Niagara Escarpment Foundation$200
- Huronia Unitarian Fellowship$153
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$568K
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 Couchiching Conservancy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139725030RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.