Canadian Climate Institute
Publicly funded institution · Bobcaygeon, Ontario · BN 718604119RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,621,746) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Climate Institute is a charitable organization based in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $8.3M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 80% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.5M in 2022 to $8.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
1. To advance education by: a) conducting research relating to climate change and publishing the results of such research to the public; and b) producing and publishing educational materials resources and other supports designed to increase the public’s understanding of climate change 2. To protect and preserve the environment for the benefit of the public by conserving and restoring ecosystems on a long-term basis through climate change mitigation adaption and clean growth practices and policies 3. To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and I…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.3M | $7.6M | $7.4M | $206K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6M | $5.9M | — | — | $524K |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $3.6M | $3.6M | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 11 charities:
- Ivey Foundation$1M
- Aqueduct Foundation$250K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$250K
- The McLean Foundation$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- Naramata Centre Society$130
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$116
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$100
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$29
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mel Cappe (director); Catherine Cobden (director); Jasmine Igneski (director); Gord Lambert (director); Bruce Lourie (secretary -treasurer); Normand Mousseau (director); Peter Nicholson (chair); Sandra Odendahl (vice chair); Eme Onuoha (director); Christopher Ragen (director); Sybil Seitzinger (director); Nettassia(tosh) Southeick (director); Matt Wayland (director); Alain Bourque (director); Jordyn Burnouf (director); Mira Oreck (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Climate Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 718604119RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.