The Nature Trust of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108089863RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,017,310) as filed with the CRA.
The Nature Trust of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $40.9M in revenue and $27M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 41% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 54 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.6M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $14.3M in 2020 to $40.9M in 2024.
In its own words
The Nature Trust of British Columbia acquires land through purchase and donation for the purpose of conserving natural habitat. The Trust also actively manages the land through habitat restoration and conservation projects. Much of our habitat restoration is carried out over the spring and summer months when we are able to employ youth crews allowing them to gain valuable work experience.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40.9M | $27M | $24.9M | $815K | — | $227.2M |
| 2023 | $16.7M | $11.4M | $9.1M | $870K | $28K | $192.9M |
| 2022 | $19.3M | $24.3M | $22.3M | $884K | — | $182.2M |
| 2021 | $32.1M | $16.6M | $15.2M | $558K | — | $166M |
| 2020 | $14.3M | $7.9M | — | — | — | $143.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.6M from 54 charities:
- Liber Ero Foundation$4M
- Moffat Foundation Inc.$1M
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$500K
- BenefAction Foundation$383K
- Canadahelps Canadon$382K
- Canadahelps Canadon$382K
- Caritate Foundation$300K
- Vancouver Foundation$268K
- The Sitka Foundation$250K
- The Paul Albrechtsen Foundation Inc.$100K
- Krogseth Foundation$100K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Armstrong Family Foundation$100K
- Samuel Hanen Society for Resource Conservation$100K
- Wheeler Family Foundation$100K
- Eden Conservation Trust$100K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$60K
- Creston Valley Community Foundation$50K
- Canada Gives$45K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$37K
- Mountain Wildlife Conservation Society$30K
- Seedlings Foundation$25K
- The Victoria Foundation$17K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$15K
- Kaatza Foundation$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nature Trust of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108089863RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.