Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) is now a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) qualified donee, making it eligible to apply for funding programs reserved for registered non-profit groups. SCCF has operated as a non-profit since its creation in 2006 and applied to the CRA for the donee designation last year. …Executive director of SCCF Sara Zieleman said the CRA status is welcome, given the 25 per cent reduction in the firm’s timber harvest levels agreed to as part of its implementation of Ecosystem Based Management. Lower cut volumes are expected to curtail revenues and affect the amount of profit it has available to reinvest into the community. “While timber revenue remains SCCF’s primary funding source, the organization has increasingly pursued partnerships and grant funding to support projects related to forest resilience, ecosystem restoration, and recreation,” according to a statement the company released March 10.