Habitat Acquisition Trust
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 889626545RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,174,463) as filed with the CRA.
Habitat Acquisition Trust is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $3.6M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 18% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $261K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $603K in 2020 to $3.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
1. Conservation of natural habitats by offering resources to landowners schools and the general public. 2. Preservation of species and wildlife protection through land acquisition protective covenants conservation and public education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.6M | $1.2M | $829K | $11K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $883K | $30K | $34K | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $4,701 | $1,204 | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $760K | $618K | $39K | $50K | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $603K | $555K | $421K | $992 | $86K | $737K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $261K from 11 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$112K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$51K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$14K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation$10K
- David Charitable Trust$5,000
- The Metchosin Foundation$5,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,343
- United Way of Greater Toronto$415
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$746K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Belcher (president); Charlie Gordon (director); Katie Bell (secretary); Lawrence Statland (treasurer); Morris Prosser (director); Andy McKinnon (director); Julie Williams (director); Kaaren Lewis (director); Aubrey McPherson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Habitat Acquisition Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889626545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.