The Williams Lake Field Naturalists
Publicly funded institution · Williams Lake, British Columbia · BN 119298644RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($216,744) as filed with the CRA.
The Williams Lake Field Naturalists is a charitable organization based in Williams Lake, British Columbia, 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 $206K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $133K in 2020 to $206K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. Provide nature education programs to children during the summer holidays and other school holidays. 2. Provide nature education/environmental awareness programs to a number of local schools and the public. 3. Operate Scout Island Nature Centre which provides natural history education to local residents & visitors. 4. Maintain the Nature Centre and its library displays trails and native plant garden. 5. Partner with other educational organizations to deliver an outdoor kindergarten and outdoor educator resource for the community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $206K | $217K | $201K | — | — | $390K |
| 2023 | $258K | $275K | $267K | $6,575 | $0 | $312K |
| 2022 | $231K | $198K | $193K | $3,730 | — | $319K |
| 2021 | $285K | $169K | $165K | $2,652 | — | $297K |
| 2020 | $133K | $167K | $164K | $1,589 | — | $265K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$113K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Waring (director); Nola Daintith (secretary); Katharine VanSpall (director); Catherine Hamm (director); Jean Oke (director); Lara Roorda (director); Susan Hemphill (director); Kenneth Day (treasurer); Jeremy Vogt (director); Michaela Waterhouse (director); Jane Wellburn (director); Kim Zalay.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Williams Lake Field Naturalists’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119298644RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.