Clean Prosperity Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 796159135RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,156,436) as filed with the CRA.
Clean Prosperity Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $980K in 2024, the largest being $692K to University of Victoria. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $150K in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Make donations to qualified donees as defined in subsection 149.1(1) in the income tax act (canada) carbon removal canada project to conduct research and educate the public and policymakers on the potential benefits and costs of expanding carbon dioxide removal technology in canada including the associated policies that would be needed to maximize benefits for canadians. Open insights project to support economic modelling that builds public understanding around methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the policies to enable decarbonization
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $1.8M | — | $980K | $674K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $179K | — | $623K | $627K |
| 2022 | $137K | $87K | $56K | — | — | $556K |
| 2021 | $490K | $7,951 | — | — | — | $506K |
| 2020 | $150K | $126K | — | — | $123K | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $980K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1.2M from 10 charities:
- The Northpine Foundation$400K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$250K
- The Consecon Foundation$200K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$115K
- Ivey Foundation$100K
- Clean Economy Fund$50K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$5,000
- Rosutec Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,560
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$844K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gregory Kiessling (chair); Lisa Asbreuk (corporate director); John Coady (corporate director); Peter Aghar (corporate director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Clean Prosperity Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 796159135RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.