Canadian Trees for Life
Charitable organization · Milton, Ontario · BN 712287895RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,504,695) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Trees for Life is a charitable organization based in Milton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 27% from government, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $553K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We are a national charity committed to mobilizing empowering and inspiring tree-planting initiatives across canada. Our mission is to create a healthier happier canada by planting trees where we live work and play. We eliminate hurdles that get in the way maximizing the tree-planting capacity of our partners. We provide tree-planting organizations with the tools resources and networks to enable them to grow existing tree-planting initiatives implement new ones and educate members of their communities about the vital roles of trees.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $28K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $3M | $3M | $24K | — | -$17K |
| 2022 | $4.3M | $4.1M | $4.1M | $19K | — | $553K |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $2.9M | $2.9M | — | — | $431K |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $553K from 20 charities:
- Ontario Horticultural Trades Foundation$250K
- The Barrett Family Foundation$200K
- Canada Gives$15K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$15K
- Clench House Foundation$13K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$10K
- The Rob Stovel Foundation$7,000
- Plusoneplusone Canada$6,970
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,623
- The Dalglish Family Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$5,000
- The Harvey and Mary Ellen Hunt Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,500
- Toronto Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$976
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- Agincourt Garden Club$150
- Canada Donates Inc.$18
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Cullen (president); Joe Salemi (director); Donna Cansfield (secretary); Scott Wetmore (treasurer); Jeff Olsen (vice president); Tony Digiovanni (director); Marina Dimitriadis (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Trees for Life’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 712287895RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.