Ashoka Canada
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 861938736RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($872,052) as filed with the CRA.
Ashoka Canada is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $962K in revenue and $872K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $611K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $24K to Onechild Network & Support Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Building the ashoka fellow network: our reason for being is to identify support and amplify the work of the ashoka fellow network in canada. These 74 leading social entrepreneurs are improving lives across all sectors of society. We are committed to growing their impact and influence by leveraging the power of our global network. Building changemaking mindsets & skills among youth: inspired by our fellows and in response to the urgent problems facing society we are working to create a nation of likeminded youth. We call them changemakers and we are spreading the necessary mindsets and sk…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $962K | $872K | $646K | $2,449 | $24K | $36K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.1M | $16K | $211K | -$54K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $19K | $62K | -$13K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $981K | $16K | $13K | -$43K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $951K | $40K | — | -$62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $611K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$557K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Drayton (president); William Carter (vice-president); Mary Gordon (secretary); Toby Heaps (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ashoka Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861938736RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.