BC Small Wetlands Association
Charitable organizationEnvironment·1978 PLEASANT VALLEY RD · ARMSTRONG, BC · V0E 1B2·BN 802617316RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
98¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
2%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$218K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to BC Small Wetlands Association?
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Is BC Small Wetlands Association a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 802617316RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is BC Small Wetlands Association located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1978 PLEASANT VALLEY RD, ARMSTRONG, BC, V0E 1B2. Source.
What does BC Small Wetlands Association do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Pleasant Valley Wetland Heritage Park is open to the public year round. The BC Small Wetlands Association offers cultural ecological outreach programs to indigenous and non indigenous youth and children at the park. BCSWA also provides a summer employment program to youth of all abilities. Youth learned hands on…" Full program description.
How much of BC Small Wetlands Association's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 98¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is BC Small Wetlands Association?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $218K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Pleasant Valley Wetland Heritage Park is open to the public year round. The BC Small Wetlands Association offers cultural ecological outreach programs to indigenous and non indigenous youth and children at the park. BCSWA also provides a summer employment program to youth of all abilities. Youth learned hands on through planting trees and removing invasive weeds. They monitor the wetland ponds and keep journals of the birds animals amphibians insects and native plants. This year youth and students were involved in the creation of a Miyawaki mini forest including digging and mulching t… Show more
Pleasant Valley Wetland Heritage Park is open to the public year round. The BC Small Wetlands Association offers cultural ecological outreach programs to indigenous and non indigenous youth and children at the park. BCSWA also provides a summer employment program to youth of all abilities. Youth learned hands on through planting trees and removing invasive weeds. They monitor the wetland ponds and keep journals of the birds animals amphibians insects and native plants. This year youth and students were involved in the creation of a Miyawaki mini forest including digging and mulching the soil and planting more than 320 native trees and shrubs. They have been learning how to propagate some of the culturally important native plants and seeds that no longer grow in the area.
New programs
BCSWA have now involved students teachers and community members in the development of three new Miyawaki pocket forests at the park including a Healing Garden dedicated to Residential School survivors. By densely planting native trees and shrubs we are creating mini forest that grow ten times faster than a traditional forest and offer 100% more biodiversity.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
98¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 98¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 98¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
2%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$218K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
88%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
1%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
88%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
11%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2021–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | $0K | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $218K | 98¢ | 2% | 0.3 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $122K | 95¢ | 5% | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $218K | 98¢ | 2% | 0 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 7 of 8at arm's length
- Fournes, JoannaPresidentarm's length
- Luzio, DianeSecretaryarm's length
- Craven, BarbaraTreasurer Program Managerarm's length
- Minaker, JasonExecutive Directorarm's length
- Fournes, EugenChief Technical Officerarm's length
- Thomas, BonnieCultural Directorarm's length
- Minaker, Michaela CMYouth Directornot at arm's length
- Mushumanski, KurtDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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