Gabriola Community Bus Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Gabriola, British Columbia · BN 817733132RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($261,367) as filed with the CRA.
Gabriola Community Bus Foundation is a charitable organization based in Gabriola, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $295K in revenue and $261K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 77% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,956.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $181K in 2020 to $295K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to protect the environment for the benefit of the public by operating a community bus service on gabriola island bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $295K | $261K | $242K | $152 | — | $144K |
| 2023 | $274K | $244K | $227K | $94 | — | $110K |
| 2022 | $236K | $279K | $263K | $200 | — | $80K |
| 2021 | $234K | $209K | $193K | — | — | $124K |
| 2020 | $181K | $171K | $157K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,956 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,956
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$99K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Earle (chair); Helen Cook (secretary); Darla Jamieson (treasurer); Erin Udal (board member); Roger Bouchard (board member); Patricia Lapcevic (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gabriola Community Bus Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817733132RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.