World Fisheries Trust
Publicly funded institution · Esquimalt, British Columbia · BN 892252131RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($838,538) as filed with the CRA.
World Fisheries Trust is a charitable organization based in Esquimalt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $865K in revenue and $839K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $399K in 2020 to $865K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
World fisheries trust created in 1995 is a canadian non-profit organization dedicated to the equitable and sustainable use and conservation of aquatic biodiversity. It acts locally and globally. The organization is not an activist group but rather works with all points of view and creditable scientific evidence. We do scientific and social research contribute to policy development and work on field implementation of solutions. The combination of local and international projects provide unique insights for this work as well as providing a conduit between canadian and international partner…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $865K | $839K | $743K | — | — | $149K |
| 2023 | $811K | $729K | $657K | $167 | — | $171K |
| 2022 | $784K | $754K | $653K | $115 | — | $146K |
| 2021 | $578K | $512K | $268K | $599 | — | $295K |
| 2020 | $399K | $388K | $380K | — | — | $99K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 2 charities:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$496K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sean Burns (director); Malcolm Beveridge (director); Mohamed-Hoosen Docrat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World Fisheries Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892252131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.