The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation
Charitable organization · Manotick, Ontario · BN 119119501RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($144,206) as filed with the CRA.
The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation is a charitable organization based in Manotick, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $144K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 31% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $404K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $668K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The rideau valley conservation supports the important work of the rideau valley conservation authority by providing opportunities for donors partners and sponsors to get involved in some of the finest environmental work going on in the province. This work includes: - conducting environmental monitoring and reporting (water quality water elvels and shorelines) - completing garbage cleanups along urban creeks and streams - updating and creation of hazard mapping - issuing flood forecasting and warning messages - undertaking on-the-ground restoration and stewardship activities including …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $144K | — | — | $118K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $896K | — | $1,953 | $845K | $6.1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $189K | — | — | $122K | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $148K | — | — | $133K | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $668K | $321K | — | — | $297K | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $404K from 8 charities:
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$343K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$6,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$914
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$452
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$48
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Harkness (chair); Jason Kelly (past chair); Katherine Thomas (director); Allison Gibbons (director); Gary Howard (director); Tom Scott (vice chair); Mark Mortimer (director); Jake Rice (director); Kathy Dallaire (secretary_treasurer); John Baston (director); Diane Downey (executive director); Colin McPhee (director); Olivia Gregoire (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119119501RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.