The Metchosin Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 815761556RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($77,979) as filed with the CRA.
The Metchosin Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $89K in revenue and $78K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 211 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $47K in 2024, the largest being $40K to BC Parks Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Support environmental education programs in the community including natural history presentations. Host the Metchosin Bioblitz and the Mycoblitz. Support awareness programs and funding for conservation covenants on lands and regions of ecological significance. Support healthy community development through education support and awareness initiatives outreach and environmental education for youth and collaboration with other key community partners. Provide in-kind assistance in the form of treasury and accounting to the Sc'ianew/Mary Hill IPCA project; a partnership-based path to Conservation…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $89K | $78K | $30K | $477 | $47K | $223K |
| 2023 | $141K | $41K | $25K | $485 | $15K | $211K |
| 2022 | $43K | $38K | $8,944 | — | $29K | $111K |
| 2021 | $45K | $51K | — | — | $28K | — |
| 2020 | $118K | $104K | — | — | $33K | $112K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $47K to 5 qualified donees:
- BC Parks Foundation$40K
- Habitat Acquisition Trust$5,000
- Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc.$1,000
- Young Naturalists' Club of British Columbia Society$500
- Beecher Bay First Nation$436
Received $10K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Valerie Jaeger (president); Morgan Yates (vice president); Beverley Hall (secretary); Carol Carman (past president); Jacqueline Clare (director); Michael Fischer (director); Christopher Pratt (director); Joan Rosenberg (director); Heloise Nicholl (director); Michel Desjardins (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Metchosin Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815761556RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.