The Nature Trust of New Brunswick Inc./la Fondation pour la Protection des Sites Naturels de Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.
Charitable organization · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 140742289RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,835,588) as filed with the CRA.
The Nature Trust of New Brunswick Inc./la Fondation pour la Protection des Sites Naturels de Nouveau-Brunswick Inc. is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 44% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $885K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,178 in 2024, the largest being $1,178 to New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3M in 2020 to $5.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The identification preservation and protection of sensitive ecological areas of scientific and historical interest in new brunswick. Landowner and stewardship engagement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $4.8M | $4.6M | $9,509 | $22K | $22.7M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $3M | $9,484 | — | $19.8M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $9,209 | — | $18.2M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3M | $2.8M | $8,852 | — | $17.8M |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $7,253 | — | $15M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,178 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $885K from 16 charities:
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$566K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- Canadahelps Canadon$73K
- The Lucky Bean Foundation$50K
- The McCain Foundation$30K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$22K
- The Sir James Dunn Centennial Trust Inc$20K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- The Greater Saint John Community Foundation la Fondation Communautaire de Grand Saint John$5,156
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,000
- Fundy Community Foundation$2,700
- Mind on Development$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,442
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$585
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$200
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$951K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peta Fussell (past president); Cynthia Stacey (president); David Palmer (secretary); Michael McEwing (director); Tom Beckley (vice president); Eric Hadley (director); Evan Baker (director); Tracey Ann Cloud (director); Stephanie Merrill (ceo); Jeff Mott (treasurer); Brent Stanley (director); Graham Forbes (director); Nicole O'Byrne (director); Will O'Connell (director); Morgane Bonamy (director); Celine Surette (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nature Trust of New Brunswick Inc./la Fondation pour la Protection des Sites Naturels de Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140742289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.