Victoria Natural History Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119284347RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,211) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Natural History Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $73K in revenue and $60K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $172.
Compared with 2,652 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 75% of peers.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Canadahelps Canadon. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Hold regular meetings & presentations to further knowledge of natural history topics. Operated Facebook page and hosted website concerning all activities and programs of the Society. Published the Victoria Naturalist journal six times a year. Donated funds for scholarships and bursaries at local universities and colleges and supported regional science fair competition. Field trips were led several times a week throughout the year. There were monthly evening presentations from September to May. Had table with educational materials about natural history subjects at several local community eve…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $73K | $60K | $27K | — | $33K | $1M |
| 2023 | $68K | $58K | $26K | — | $32K | $1M |
| 2022 | $65K | $42K | $24K | — | $18K | $1M |
| 2021 | $65K | $60K | $24K | — | $36K | $981K |
| 2020 | $80K | $66K | $29K | — | $37K | $976K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $172 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Frederick Hart (treasurer); Gail Harcombe (director); Vicki Metcalfe (director); Stephen Ruttan (director); Jim Cuthbert (director); Ken Walker (director); Monica Soundara Pandian (director); Praveen Ponraj (director); Brian Wilkes (director); Andrew Harcombe (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Natural History Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119284347RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.