Eden Conservation Trust
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118892942RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,084,080) as filed with the CRA.
Eden Conservation Trust is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.9M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 23 qualified donees totalling $1M in 2024, the largest being $100K to The Nature Trust of British Columbia. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $4.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The eden conservation trust provides grants to qualified donees for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the physical and natural environment the protection of wild fauna and wild flora and the human care and treatment of domestic animals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.9M | $1.1M | — | — | $1M | $17.1M |
| 2023 | $2M | $784K | — | — | $767K | $13.3M |
| 2022 | $1M | $866K | — | — | $852K | $12.1M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $857K | — | — | $840K | $12M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $771K | — | — | $758K | $11.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1M to 23 qualified donees:
- The Nature Trust of British Columbia$100K
- Raincoast Research Society$70K
- Ecojustice Canada Society$65K
- World Animal Protection Canada$60K
- West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation$60K
- Observatoire des requins du Saint-Laurent St. Lawrence Shark Observatory$60K
- The Valhalla Wilderness Society$50K
- Langley Animal Protection Society$50K
- Georgia Strait Alliance$50K
- Critter CARE Wildlife Society$50K
- CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada$50K
- B C Marine Parks Forever Society$50K
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$40K
- Island Wildlife Natural CARE Centre$40K
- Vancouver Humane Society$35K
- Galiano Conservancy Association$35K
- Wra Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia$30K
- Endangered Ecosystems Alliance$30K
- The Association for the Protection of Fur-bearing Animals$20K
- Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary$20K
- Regional Animal Protection Society$20K
- Canadian Animal Task Force Society$20K
- Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Parks (president); Rebecca Lem (director); Grace Madrazo (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Eden Conservation Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118892942RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.