Ecotrust Canada
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 894749969RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,637,263) as filed with the CRA.
Ecotrust Canada is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.4M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $5.4M in 2024.
In its own words
Supported rural remote and indigenous communities in creating community-led economic development solutions that are thriving sustainable and equitable. Our work involved providing technical expertise project management business planning producing knowledge tools policy engagement career training and resource monitoring programs support for land and water stewardship and multi-stakeholder facilitation. Our current program priorities include 1) community fisheries 2) climate innovation 3) indigenous homelands and housing 4) community energy and 5) food systems.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4M | $4.6M | $3.9M | $129K | — | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.7M | $4M | $95K | $0 | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4M | $3.4M | $19K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $4.5M | $3.2M | $2.6M | $62K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $25K | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 31 charities:
- Shaw Family Foundation$250K
- RBC Foundation$205K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$150K
- Aqueduct Foundation$150K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$150K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$131K
- Canadahelps Canadon$99K
- Canadahelps Canadon$99K
- Makeway Foundation$91K
- The Sitka Foundation$80K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$25K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$15K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$12K
- The Victoria Foundation$6,562
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,070
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,387
- David Charitable Trust$4,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,000
- The Illahie Foundation$3,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,155
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- Abundance Canada$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecotrust Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894749969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.