Wildsight Revelstoke Society
Publicly funded institution · Revelstoke, British Columbia · BN 874204324RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,670) as filed with the CRA.
Wildsight Revelstoke Society is a charitable organization based in Revelstoke, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $30K in revenue and $23K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $72.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity ran community education programs included but not limited to youth education interactive workshops in for all ages and online workshops that were accessible. We also have an ongoing habitat restoration program that focuses on Western painted turtles and the endangered toads. The end of goal of this program is to study their migratory patterns and to develop systems for ecosystem enhancement and to protect them from hazards such as cars and pedestrians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30K | $23K | $17K | — | — | $24K |
| 2023 | $34K | $22K | $18K | — | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $96K | $112K | $38K | — | — | $6,518 |
| 2021 | $43K | $26K | $11K | — | $0 | $20K |
| 2020 | $27K | $56K | $18K | — | — | $23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kent Christensen (treasurer); Sarah Newton (secretary); Anne Keller (director); Arnoul Mateo (director); Hali Moreland (director); Kristi Chorney (president); Virginia Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wildsight Revelstoke Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 874204324RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.