Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 851410589RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,146,019) as filed with the CRA.
Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $16.3M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.6M in 2020 to $16.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The foundation reviews approves and provides funding for projects undertaken by intermediaries in the following categories: Fisheries and wildlife projects: conservation and enhancement of biological diversity fish fish habitat wildlife or wildlife habitat. Acquisition projects: acquisition and management of land for the conservation or enhancement of a population of a species of fish or wildlife and its habitat. Information education and stewardship projects: furthering stimulation and encouragement of knowledge and awareness of fish or wildlife and their habitat or of the existe…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.3M | $12.1M | — | — | $9.8M | $27.6M |
| 2023 | $14M | $14.4M | $0 | — | $12.1M | $23.5M |
| 2022 | $14.8M | $15.2M | $13.5M | — | — | $23.9M |
| 2021 | $14.5M | $12.4M | $11M | — | — | $24.3M |
| 2020 | $8.6M | $9M | $7.5M | — | — | $22.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Anderson (board chair); Ken Ashley (vice chair); Scott Ellis (member); Al Gorley (member); Kathy Parker (member); Don Wilkins (member); Les Husband (member); Manjit Kerr-Upal (member); Richard Elliott (member); David Lewis (member); Karen Dunstan (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 851410589RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.