Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 892557414RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,168,963) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 68% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $507K in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Educate the public and health professionals about health impacts associated with the environment and climate change. Research and inform the publicon policies and actions needed to address health environmental change and health issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.2M | $1.3M | $237K | — | $278K |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.3M | $860K | $144K | — | $268K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $719K | $391K | $111K | — | $288K |
| 2021 | $493K | $350K | $154K | $93K | — | $241K |
| 2020 | $507K | $512K | $309K | $57K | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 22 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$692K
- Ivey Foundation$400K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$145K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$98K
- Makeway Charitable Society$53K
- The Dragonfly Fund$50K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$30K
- Emerald Foundation$30K
- Salal Foundation$25K
- The Dragonfly Fund$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Vancouver Foundation$10K
- The Dickhout Family Foundation$6,000
- DI Foundation$5,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,600
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$300
- Abundance Canada$200
- Oakville Community Foundation$200
- United Way of Greater Toronto$150
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$147
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline/jack Avanthay-Struss (director); Sehjal Bhargava (director); Laurette Geldenhuys (director); Samantha Green (director); Ojistoh Horn (director); Melissa Lem (president); Kevin Liang (director); Felix Martineau (treasurer); Claudel Petrin-Desrosiers (director); Julia Sawatsky (director); George Tjensvoll Kitching (secretary); Joe Vipond (past president); Jacqueline Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892557414RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.