West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119292415RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,328,017) as filed with the CRA.
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 31% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $870K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
West coast environmental law research foundations acts to preserve and protect the environment by supporting or conducting legal research to develop laws regulations standards and objectives that will promote the maintenance of environmental quality and by making representations based on such research to elected representatives and public officials; by educating the public about laws regulations and current issues related to the environment; and by promoting the enforcement and improved efficacy of existing environmental laws and regulations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $239K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $1.8M | $196K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.5M | $186K | $41K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $185K | $100K | $814K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $142K | $16K | $814K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $870K from 25 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$290K
- The Sitka Foundation$210K
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada$106K
- Eden Conservation Trust$60K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$50K
- Environment Funders Canada$45K
- Makeway Foundation$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- Ecology First Foundation$4,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,844
- The Victoria Foundation$1,960
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,588
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$818
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$460
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$320
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- Society of the Friends of Strathcona Park$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$116
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$75
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$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Matthaus (president); Lorene Oikawa (vice president); Karena Williams (director); June Bird (secretary); Taylor Behn-Tsakoza (director); Kimbaya Carriere (director); Gavrielle Tran (director); Sheri Walsh (director); Lisa Fong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119292415RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.