Tsolum River Restoration Society
Charitable organization · Merville, British Columbia · BN 894026921RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($115,726) as filed with the CRA.
Tsolum River Restoration Society is a charitable organization based in Merville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $205K in revenue and $116K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 22% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $34K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $121K in 2020 to $205K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Water quality regular mine site monitoring planning and advocating for remediation of remaining and new issues. Monitoring protection and restoration of fish habitat and communities in the tsolum river watershed. Flow monitoring and analysis for flood mitigation and low flow augmentation and education public student and youth education and promotion of stewardship in the tsolum river watershed and the comox valley as a whole
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $205K | $116K | $82K | — | — | $178K |
| 2023 | $217K | $125K | $103K | $4,528 | — | $189K |
| 2022 | $92K | $108K | $92K | $606 | — | $97K |
| 2021 | $94K | $107K | $88K | $460 | — | $116K |
| 2020 | $121K | $131K | $111K | $563 | — | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $34K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$83K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne White (president); Norm Wiens (vice president); Laura O'Brien (secretary- treasurer); Ron Frank (director); Stewart McIntosh (director); Hamish Murray (director); Aleena Oates (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tsolum River Restoration Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894026921RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.