The Gaia Project
Charitable organization · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 804157618RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,024,222) as filed with the CRA.
The Gaia Project is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 37% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $113K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. 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 $530K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The gala project is a non-profit charitable organization with the mission to empower youth to take action on climate change through education. Working with over 10 000 students in 2019 the organization collaborates with schools through new brunswick's seven school districts in both official languages to other programs and projects led to curriculum. The programs include downloadable free educational materials hands-on-projects by gala project staff the climate change education plan and professional learning for teachers. This includes train trackers (grades 3-5) energy detectives (grades…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1M | $958K | — | — | $656K |
| 2023 | $929K | $938K | $901K | — | — | $612K |
| 2022 | $1M | $815K | $786K | — | — | $621K |
| 2021 | $868K | $683K | $537K | — | — | $427K |
| 2020 | $530K | $536K | $488K | — | — | $241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $113K from 13 charities:
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$15K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$14K
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$13K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$12K
- Honda Canada Foundation$10K
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.$10K
- Fundy Community Foundation$3,600
- Park People$2,000
- The Carleton North Community Foundation$2,000
- Hampton Rotary Charitable Trust Inc.$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,435
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$716K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carolyn Barnhart (interim chair); Nicholas Russon (director); Darrin Hoyt (treasurer); Michel Leger (director); Kim Hughes (director); Jody Gorham (secretary); Laura Myers (director); Christy Bitcon (director); Sarah King (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Gaia Project’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 804157618RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.