Acorn Institute Canada
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 843734278RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($512,731) as filed with the CRA.
Acorn Institute Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $523K in revenue and $513K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 95% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $752K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $336K in 2020 to $523K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Acorn institute canada is a member-driven national charitable organization that represents low- and moderate- income canadians on the critical issues of social and economic justice such as predatory lending tenants' rights and crime and safety.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $523K | $513K | $479K | — | — | $27K |
| 2023 | $385K | $400K | $370K | — | — | $16K |
| 2022 | $377K | $389K | $361K | — | — | $31K |
| 2021 | $455K | $444K | $419K | — | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $336K | $321K | $298K | — | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $752K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$65K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pascal Apuwa (chair); Peter Gardner (treasurer); Alejandra Ruiz-Vargas (secretary); Marie Lourdes Garnier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Acorn Institute Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843734278RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.