WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 854255882RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,764,724) as filed with the CRA.
WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $9.4M in revenue and $9.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.8M.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $174K in 2024, the largest being $35K to Universite de Sherbrooke. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Wcs canada provides evidence-based expert guidance and policy recommendations to empower decision-makers to take transformative action for wildlife ecosystems and people. Through our own research accumulated expertise and understanding of socio-ecological contexts we stand as a trusted voice on conservation and climate science. Wcs canada plays a unique role in the conservation landscape of canada. We work at the intersection of biodiversity climate change and health in priority landscapes and seascapes where we have had a long-term field presence and where there is high potential for …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.4M | $9.8M | $7.9M | $328K | $226K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $9.7M | $8.5M | $7.3M | $267K | $508K | $6M |
| 2022 | $7.8M | $7.4M | $6.4M | $168K | $570K | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $5.9M | $4.7M | $202K | $364K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $5.3M | $3.8M | $177K | $580K | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $174K to 13 qualified donees:
- Universite de Sherbrooke$35K
- Université Laval$20K
- Trent University$20K
- University of Waterloo$16K
- University of Saskatchewan$16K
- BC Naturalists' Foundation$15K
- The Governors of the University of Alberta$14K
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology$10K
- Lakehead University$7,800
- Wilfrid Laurier University$6,125
- Carleton University$6,000
- Yukon University$5,000
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$3,230
Received $4.8M from 37 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$2.9M
- RBC Foundation$500K
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$235K
- The Sitka Foundation$200K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$150K
- Audain Foundation$146K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$100K
- Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation$100K
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$90K
- Koerner Foundation$60K
- Kenneth M. Molson Foundation$50K
- The Schad Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Canadahelps Canadon$36K
- Alberta Conservation Association$26K
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial pour la Nature Can Ada$24K
- Greenbelt Foundation$20K
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$20K
- The McLean Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$12K
- RBC Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,990
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$5.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Juanita Montalvo (chair); Monte Hummel (vice-chair); Robert Menzi (treasurer); Spallin Julie; Murray Humphries; Peter Kendall; Aria Laskin; Susan Lieberman.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854255882RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.