Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada

Charitable organization · Port Rowan, Ontario · BN 119024313RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website

Your $100, itemizedBirds Canada / Oiseaux CanadaFiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Charitable programs$78
Management & admin$10
Fundraising$8
Gifts to other charities$2
Other$2
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,464,742) as filed with the CRA.

Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada is a charitable organization based in Port Rowan, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $11.2M in revenue and $10.5M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 46% from government, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 56 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.6M.

Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 62 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $65K in 2024, the largest being $8,000 to New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.6M in 2020 to $11.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.

In its own words

Birds Canada is a leading national charitable organization dedicated to bird conservation. Every day our thousands of caring donors 100+ passionate staff and 70 000+ outstanding Citizen Science volunteers are taking action to help us better understand appreciate and conserve birds in Canada. Together we are Canada’s voice for birds. Birds Canada has six main program areas: Assessing the State of Canada's Birds Species of Highest Concern Important Places for Birds Long Point Bird Observatory Migration Science and International Collaborations and Mobilizing People in Canada. Specific…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$11.2M$10.5M$8.2M$833K$158K$10.1M
2023$9.7M$9.5M$7.8M$412K$129K$9.2M
2022$8.8M$8M$6.8M$358K—$9.1M
2021$7.9M$6.8M$5.8M$224K—$8.4M
2020$5.6M$6.3M$5.4M$262K—$7.3M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Granted $65K to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:

Full grant ledger — all 34 grants

Received $2.6M from 56 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $160,000–199,9992 positions
  • $120,000–159,9993 positions
  • $80,000–119,9995 positions
  • Permanent full-time positions62
  • Total compensation, all staff$7M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Michael Bonnick (director); Justin Peter (director); Betty Chanyi (director); Anne McConnell (director (past chair)); David Love (director); Sebastien Rioux (director); John Taranu (director); Cher Mereweather (director); Trevor Swerdfager (director (chair & treasurer)); Mike Wong (director (secretary)); Janet Hill (director); Anil Wijesooriya (director (vice chair)); Trish Sahlstrom (director); Julie Towers (director).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119024313RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.