Centre for Environmental Leadership in Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 762079549RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($637,958) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Environmental Leadership in Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $680K in revenue and $638K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 77% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $694K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The organization works to advance education by arranging internship placements in the offices of elected officials in canada and providing related professional training workshops and seminars on environmental issues and civic engagement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $680K | $638K | $596K | — | — | $51K |
| 2023 | $35K | $26K | — | — | — | $9,014 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $694K from 11 charities:
- Ivey Foundation$150K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$125K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$120K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$62K
- North Family Foundation$56K
- Chamandy Foundation$56K
- The McLean Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Emerald Foundation$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$533K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sabrina Bowman (secretary); Ari Pottens (chair); Amanda Lam (treasurer); Alison Gu (director); Lisa Mitchell (director); Catherine Lansley (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Environmental Leadership in Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 762079549RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.