The Great Bear Rainforest Education and Awareness Trust
Private foundation · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 792739518RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($26,432) as filed with the CRA.
The Great Bear Rainforest Education and Awareness Trust is a private foundation based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $23K in revenue and $26K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $217.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14K in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Open school bc continues to monitor and maintain the web site that is now available to the general public. Photographic and written material continue to be accepted for the current gbreat website. Consultations continue with local first nations to ensure that the information included on the gbreat website is culturally appropriate and as accurate meaningful and useful as possible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $26K | $10K | — | — | $653K |
| 2023 | $19K | $64K | $43K | — | — | $656K |
| 2022 | $8,436 | $35K | $18K | — | — | $700K |
| 2021 | $11K | $38K | $21K | — | — | $727K |
| 2020 | $14K | $55K | $35K | — | — | $755K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $217 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Van Soeren (the trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Great Bear Rainforest Education and Awareness Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 792739518RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.