Victoria Compost and Conservation Education Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 896702289RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($407,578) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Compost and Conservation Education Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $413K in revenue and $408K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $181K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We provide educational programming on topics including soil health and conservation composting gardening rainwater harvesting and waste reduction. We give workshops and maintain a demonstration site and phone/email hotline available to the public. We have over 65 active volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $413K | $408K | $361K | — | — | $193K |
| 2023 | $442K | $403K | $354K | — | — | $187K |
| 2022 | $350K | $330K | $32K | $10K | — | $149K |
| 2021 | $356K | $353K | $24K | $31K | — | $128K |
| 2020 | $320K | $291K | — | — | — | $125K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $181K from 10 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$102K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$15K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,500
- Rotary Club of Victoria British Columbia Foundation$6,800
- Rotary Club of Victoria British Columbia Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,026
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$395
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$58
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$313K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alison Ramsay (treasurer); Monika Borchert (vice-chair); Ashley Whelan (member at large); Claire Remington (executive director); Bowen Macy (member at large); Tina Tulloch (member at large); Cassidy Daskalchuk (member at large); Jennifer Lukianchuk (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Compost and Conservation Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896702289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.