Gabriola Land and Trails Trust
Charitable organization · Gabriola, British Columbia · BN 846205342RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($172,488) as filed with the CRA.
Gabriola Land and Trails Trust 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 $151K in revenue and $172K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 29% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44K in 2020 to $151K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Developing and maintaining a trail network on Gabriola Island encouraging the community to use the trails and encouraging residents to undertake preservation of natural habitat. Education about and removal of invasive species obtaining and managing conservation covenants and supporting BC Parks and the Nanaimo Regional District in managing their parks on Gabriola. Improving accessibility to parks and water for everyone.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $151K | $172K | $159K | — | — | $175K |
| 2023 | $67K | $59K | $59K | — | — | $197K |
| 2022 | $51K | $40K | $34K | — | — | $175K |
| 2021 | $57K | $42K | $42K | — | — | $149K |
| 2020 | $44K | $80K | $80K | — | $57K | $116K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hugh Skinner (president); Robert Brockley (past president); Sarah Kopjar (secretary); Nola Johnston (director); Barry Morkerken (director); Rebecca Furnell (director); Alison Thomas (director); Tom Wojcik (director); Steve Struthers (director); Richard Ketchen (treasurer); Cathie Traill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gabriola Land and Trails Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846205342RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.