Child and Nature Alliance of Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 812127496RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,581,799) as filed with the CRA.
Child and Nature Alliance of Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $960K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Cnac offers practitioners 'courses' which is a year long course consisting of outdoor and virtual learning. They also offer various workshops to provide education on nature forests and childhood development. They focus on inspiring professional learning opportunities community building and advocacy. As additional programs cnac provides various educational resources to educate users on outdoor play.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.2M | — | — | -$232K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $1.1M | — | — | -$201K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $931K | $12K | — | -$82K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.3M | $906K | $15K | — | -$145K |
| 2020 | $960K | $893K | $577K | $6,390 | — | $2,725 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $117K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lesley Inglis (treasurer); Ian Janssen (director); Landry Kalembo (director); Kainat Anwar (director); Namendra Anand (director); Jim Drescher (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Child and Nature Alliance of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 812127496RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.