Earthroots Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 135165140RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($379,100) as filed with the CRA.
Earthroots Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $429K in revenue and $379K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 91% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $238K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $187K in 2020 to $429K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Earthroots fund works to promote the protection of canada's wilderness wildlife and watersheds through research and public education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $429K | $379K | $266K | $34K | — | $60K |
| 2023 | $260K | $276K | $167K | $43K | — | $23K |
| 2022 | $291K | $362K | $207K | $50K | — | $85K |
| 2021 | $306K | $383K | $235K | $36K | — | $180K |
| 2020 | $187K | $304K | $108K | $26K | — | $263K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $238K from 13 charities:
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Canadahelps Canadon$45K
- Makeway Foundation$30K
- The Dragonfly Fund$24K
- The McLean Foundation$10K
- Panicaro Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,148
- McLean Smits Family Foundation$1,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$262
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- The David Suzuki Foundation—
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$165K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julia Dalla Rosa (treasurer); Ellen Greenwood (director); Jayden Kuzdak (director); Marian Lahuis (director); Burkhard Mausberg (director); Gord Miller (chair); David Oved; John Willms (secretary-treasurer); Andrea Wilson (vice-chair); Hap Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Earthroots Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135165140RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.