Canadian Gemmological Association
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108075250RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($337,147) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Gemmological Association 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $649K in revenue and $337K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $50.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $212K in 2021 to $649K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide a canadian source for gemmological education and to act as a medium for communication and co-operation among those involved in all aspects of gemmology.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $649K | $337K | $162K | — | — | $448K |
| 2023 | $285K | $322K | $106K | $31K | — | $137K |
| 2022 | $213K | $216K | $65K | — | — | $173K |
| 2021 | $212K | $195K | $60K | — | — | $176K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Hawrelko (president); Duncan Parker (vice-president); Breanne Avender (secretary); Adam Ostrow (treasurer); Archana Jaswani (communications director); John Mattinson (director of education); Melanie Truscott (membership director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Gemmological Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108075250RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.