Gabriola Island Land Stewards Society
Charitable organization · Gabriola, British Columbia · BN 732133079RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,003) as filed with the CRA.
Gabriola Island Land Stewards Society is a charitable organization based in Gabriola, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $4,003 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $336.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,415 in 2021 to $16K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Activities undertaken to achieve our purpose will include to: 1. Seek and receive donations contributions endowments bequests and gifts of all kinds and to apply those funds and other resources in order to acquire and lease land on Gabriola Island to further the purposes of the society; 2. Provide and preserve access to affordable and supportive housing for people of low income; 3. Provide and preserve access to farm land for people of low income in order to grow food and learn agricultural skills through educational programs; 4. Develop small-scale community economic development proj…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $4,003 | $1,262 | $675 | — | $320K |
| 2023 | $26K | $23K | — | $16 | — | $309K |
| 2022 | $312K | $7,814 | — | $6,158 | — | $306K |
| 2021 | $1,415 | $529 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $336 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Burns (director); Steven Earle (secretary); Sibyl Frei (president & treasurer); Matthew Woods (vice-president); Timothy Leadem (director); David Lightly (director); Simon Nattrass (director); Adam Paul (director); John Peirce (director); Michelle Benjamin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gabriola Island Land Stewards Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 732133079RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.