Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy
Publicly funded institution · Lasqueti, British Columbia · BN 848485595RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,239) as filed with the CRA.
Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy is a charitable organization based in Lasqueti, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $79K in revenue and $49K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $62K.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8,323 in 2020 to $79K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Education newsletters work parties school bioblitz management of covenanted lands including biodiversity studies and trail building and various stewardship activities including monitoring native vegetation planting and invasive plant removal.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $49K | $47K | — | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $24K | — | $13K | — | — | $50K |
| 2022 | $26K | $19K | — | — | $5,000 | $40K |
| 2021 | $10K | $5,000 | — | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $8,323 | $207K | $3,410 | — | $204K | $21K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $62K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Scott (president); Duane West (director); Wendy Schneible (vice - president); James Schwartz (director); Ken Lertzman (director); Kaia Bryce (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848485595RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.