Cycle Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 816664957RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($623,631) as filed with the CRA.
Cycle Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $865K in revenue and $624K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 15% from government, 54% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $208K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1. Developing and delivering in-person and virtual workshops to the public. Workshop topics include: bicycle riding skills bicycle maintenance skills road user laws the possibilities of cycling for making daily trip. 2. Delivering pop-in person 'bike safety stations' to members of the public in their local neighbourhoods. These engagements include: free bicycle safety evaluations and tune-ups conducted by trained cycle toronto staff 3. Conducting research compiling tools/resources and disseminating information through: online channels such as e-newsletters and blog posts print materials …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $865K | $624K | $500K | $22K | $0 | $437K |
| 2023 | $484K | $507K | $417K | $11K | — | $195K |
| 2022 | $499K | $585K | $462K | $7,190 | — | $218K |
| 2021 | $616K | $513K | $378K | $3,425 | — | $304K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $208K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$89K
- Canadahelps Canadon$89K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Makeway Foundation$2,500
- Peter Wood Family Foundation$1,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$500
- Toronto Foundation$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$249
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$131
- Our Lady's Missionaries$75
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$365K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Emila (director); Dave Shellnutt (director); Julia Langer (director); Graeme Deans (director); Dana O'Born (chair); Sarah Lamb (director); Simon Minelli (director); Lianne Black (director); Monish Gandhi (director); Arman Hamidian (director); Peter Sos (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cycle Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816664957RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.