The Bruce Trail Conservancy
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119217578RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($16,511,686) as filed with the CRA.
The Bruce Trail Conservancy is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $21.1M in revenue and $16.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 18% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 70 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.3M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,184 in 2024, the largest being $1,184 to Royal Botanical Gardens. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.7M in 2020 to $21.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) is one of Ontario’s largest land trusts and the steward of Canada’s longest marked footpath. We actively preserve and care for land within the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO World Biosphere to protect its ecosystems for the benefit of all. We responsibly connect people to nature through the Bruce Trail and our protected natural areas. We are a member-driven volunteer-based charitable organization governed by a 19-member Board of Directors. Working with each of the nine Bruce Trail Clubs we are committed to caring for the Bruce Trail and to preserving land alo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.1M | $16.5M | $14.8M | $779K | $1,184 | $87.3M |
| 2023 | $18.4M | $10.6M | $9.1M | $664K | $1,161 | $71.3M |
| 2022 | $17.4M | $11.8M | $10.3M | $620K | $1,138 | $57.6M |
| 2021 | $17.5M | $14.2M | $13M | $552K | $1,214 | $44.4M |
| 2020 | $9.7M | $7.6M | $6.4M | $548K | $2,358 | $30.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,184 to 1 qualified donee:
- Royal Botanical Gardens$1,184
Received $3.3M from 70 charities:
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$716K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$516K
- Patrick J McNally Charitable Foundation$500K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$385K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$163K
- Canadahelps Canadon$163K
- The Brenton Wood Foundation$140K
- Arrell Family Foundation$100K
- W. C. Kitchen Family Foundation$50K
- The Taylor Family Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$37K
- Clark Cawthra Coneybeare Foundation$33K
- The Bradstreet Family Foundation$30K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$27K
- The Firstline Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$21K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$18K
- Toronto Foundation$16K
- Airlie Foundation$15K
- Abundance Canada$13K
- The Ranson Family Foundation$10K
- RAP Foundation$10K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$9,182
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Graham Allen (director at large); Heidi Bischof (director co-chair finance&risk); Michael Edney (director at large); Linda Kerec (director at large); Jaclyn Moody (director co-chair finance&risk); Leah Myers (director - board chair); Lorraine 'Lori' Shalhoub (director at large); Wendy Thompson (director-chair governance); Bonni Titgemeyer (director-chair human resources); Michael Treuman (director at large); John Whitworth (director-chair land securement); Graziella 'Gail' Di Cintio (director at large); Nadia Dubyk (director at large); Robin Garrett (director at large); Robert Timothy 'Tim' Johnson (director at large); William 'Bill' Duron (director at large); Jesse Elders (director at large); Doug Stansbury (director at large); Stephen Morson (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bruce Trail Conservancy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119217578RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.