Canadian Wildlife Federation
Charitable organization · Kanata, Ontario · BN 106868755RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($37,667,870) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Wildlife Federation is a charitable organization based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $41.3M in revenue and $37.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations, 36% from government. In 2024, 110 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $189K in 2024, the largest being $60K to Dalhousie University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $25.4M in 2020 to $41.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 28 names.
In its own words
Cwf’s mission is to conserve and inspire the conservation of canada’s wildlife and habitat for the use and enjoyment of all through research direct programming education and advocacy. Cwf is recognized for our leadership in bringing together a broad cross section of individuals and organizations to work together for wildlife. This collaborative model helps maximize the impact of our work. It is a signature approach of cwf and has made us a sought-after expert advisor on wildlife conservation issues in canada. Programs include: barriers to fish passage affects fish and many other freshwat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41.3M | $37.7M | $30.7M | $4.2M | $189K | $29.5M |
| 2023 | $34M | $30.5M | $23.7M | $4.4M | $159K | $25.9M |
| 2022 | $33M | $27.5M | $21M | $4M | $523K | $22.4M |
| 2021 | $32.5M | $29.2M | $23M | $4.1M | $154K | $16.9M |
| 2020 | $25.4M | $24.7M | $18.6M | $3.9M | $276K | $13.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $189K to 10 qualified donees:
- Dalhousie University$60K
- Watersheds Canada$40K
- University of Ottawa$37K
- Carleton University$30K
- Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation$7,500
- Yukon Conservation Society$5,000
- University of Waterloo$3,600
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$3,173
- University of Saskatchewan$2,000
- Grand River Employment & Training Inc.$1,070
Received $1.6M from 110 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$348K
- The SJ Foundation$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$186K
- Canadahelps Canadon$186K
- RBC Foundation$155K
- Weston Family Foundation$108K
- BenefAction Foundation$85K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$31K
- Canadian Wildlife Foundation$29K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$27K
- The Victoria Foundation$25K
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$25K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$20K
- Adler & Lipkus Foundation$20K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$15K
- Aqueduct Foundation$14K
- Ewald Family Foundation$13K
- The Anthony and Gladys Tyler Charitable Foundation$12K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- Honda Canada Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$8,314
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$7,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$5,651
- Makeway Foundation$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$6.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Doug Butler (director-at-large); Louis D'Entremont (director-at-large); Rob Hare (director-at-large); Gordon Van Tighem (director (nwt)); Jimmy Akavak (director (nu)); Faran Schaber (director (ab)); Clark Schultz (director (sk)); David Yorke (director (sk)); Lewis Allen (director (mb)); Richard Moore (director (on)); Rodolphe Lasalle (director (pq)); Jean Fink (director (pq)); Dean Toole (director (nb)); Andrew Bouzan (director (nl)); Kelli Miller Kickham (director (pe)); Maya Basdeo (director at large); Emily Brown (director at large); Bill Bosch (director at large); Bryce Bekar (director (yt)); Sven Bohnet (director (pq)); Jean Fink (director (pq)); David Lewis (director (bc)); Darlene Clark (director (bc)); Gerry Giesler (director (on)); Kimberley Van de Vrie (director (ns)); Jessica Proulx (director (ns)); David Condon (director (pei)); Nathalie Michaud (director (nb)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Wildlife Federation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106868755RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.