Civix
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 873006829RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,589,836) as filed with the CRA.
Civix is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government, 18% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $632K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Civix is a civic education charity dedicated to developing the habits of active and informed citizenship among children and youth. Student vote is the signature program of civix. Coinciding with general elections students learn about government and the electoral process research the parties and candidates and cast ballots in a parallel vote. Civix also coordinates government budget consultations for youth (student budget consultation) and meetings between students and their elected representatives (rep day) and designs resources to support digital media literacy (ctrl-f) and constructive d…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $4,461 | — | $317K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.6M | $3.2M | $7,244 | — | $198K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.5M | $3.2M | $5,802 | — | $455K |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3M | $2.7M | $9,034 | — | $759K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.9M | $38K | — | $313K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $632K from 9 charities:
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$250K
- Aqueduct Foundation$200K
- Tony & Betty Infilise Family Foundation$100K
- Your Canada Your Constitution / Votre Canada Votre Constitution$50K
- The Racioppo Family Foundation$10K
- Max Bell Foundation$9,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,615
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,200
- Vancouver Foundation$1,200
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Francis Leblanc (chair/director); Jeremy Roberts (vice-chair/director); Elizabeth Dubois (director); Christopher Wilkins (director); Kathleen Monk (director); Kim Davidson (director); Megan Beretta (director); Gary Clement (director); Colin Doylend (director); Melanie Francis (director); Catherine McDonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Civix’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873006829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.