British Columbia · Registered charity
PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY
PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$93,821 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$90,852). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$7k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- C$94k
- Net assets
- —
What Pacific Foundation for Understanding Nature Society does
Ongoing programs
Capacity building support for activities in - capacity support participation and networking through classrooms to communities (c2c) for adults through env ed of bc (walking the talk) - capacity building support for activities in experiential environment & bio-cultural education advisory and mentorship assistance - capacity building support for activities in experiential environment & bio-cultural education leadership events meetings dialogues speakers - capacity building support for activities in experiential environment & bio-cultural education leadership in urban/suburban settings - capacity support for youth & leadership programs funding direct experience learning in experiential nature & place-based learning - capacity building strategic planning and partnership support/dialogue with cheakamus foundation of environmental learning - capacity support and participation in institute of environmental learning (iel) - capacity support participation and networking through classroom to communities (c2c) - capacity building support for activities in experiential environmental & biocultural education leadership educational resources for emergent and established…
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose C$12k → C$37k.
From the CRA filings of PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 88% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
99% of PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,910 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,910 support of schools and education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In British Columbia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY?
- PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY (British Columbia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$93,821 to it, the largest being VANCOUVER FOUNDATION (C$90,852). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$93,821 in grants to PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY?
- VANCOUVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$90,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC FOUNDATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register