Gulf Islands Centre For Ecological Learning
Publicly funded institution · Mayne Island, British Columbia · BN 883554503RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,455) as filed with the CRA.
Gulf Islands Centre For Ecological Learning is a charitable organization based in Mayne Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $56K in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3,902 in 2020 to $56K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Ecologically-based summer programs for children; prorgams take place on british columbia's gulf islands.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $56K | $38K | $32K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $47K | $49K | $41K | — | — | $8,840 |
| 2022 | $37K | $37K | $30K | — | — | $11K |
| 2021 | $34K | $29K | $22K | — | — | $11K |
| 2020 | $3,902 | $9,934 | $4,759 | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Dunn (director); Shelly Johnson (director); Michael Hoebel (director); Desmond Berghoffer (director); Jesse Guy (director); Adrian Pendergast (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gulf Islands Centre For Ecological Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883554503RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.