Island Nature Trust
Charitable organization · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 108085093RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,821,131) as filed with the CRA.
Island Nature Trust is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 21% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $255K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
land acquisition through donation and purchase application of protection to those lands stewardship and management to retain ecological integrity protection and monitoring of species-at-risk nature education and engagement programs ecological research and tool development for effective management of natural ecosystems mentorship in conservation science protecting coastal ecosystems and educational outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $6.8M | $6.5M | $117K | — | $19.7M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $5.8M | $5.4M | $174K | — | $14.3M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.6M | $3.3M | $124K | — | $10.1M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $31K | — | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.8M | $1.7M | $36K | — | $6.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $255K from 13 charities:
- RBC Foundation$125K
- The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island Inc.$53K
- The McCain Foundation$30K
- T-Gear Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,572
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,268
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Prince Edward Island$692
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$400
- Parish of Christ Church$100
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$47
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$39
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
- $40,000–79,99911 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keila Miller (director); Marie-Ann Bowden (director); Patricia Caporaso (secretary); Gordon MacKay (past president); George Mason (treasurer); Andrea McManus (director); Kim Horrelt (president); Roger Roy (director); David Hooley (director); Dwaine Oakley (vice president); Kathy Martin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Island Nature Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108085093RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.