Ecology Action Centre
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 107280224RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,843,674) as filed with the CRA.
Ecology Action Centre is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 19% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The ecology action centre is a member based environmental charity located in nova scotia taking leadership on critical environmental issues in various areas such as climate change transporation marine etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $2.9M | $213K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $2.9M | $447K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $2.9M | $2.1M | $335K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $336K | — | $661K |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $2.3M | $415K | — | $279K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 31 charities:
- The Waltons Trust$545K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$150K
- Ivey Foundation$150K
- Environment Funders Canada$125K
- Oceans North Conservation Society$75K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$75K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$71K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$70K
- Park People$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Makeway Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$16K
- Green Communities Canada$14K
- Rotifer Foundation Inc.$13K
- Open Sky$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$8,750
- Loran Scholars Foundation$7,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,729
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,580
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,007
- United Way of Cape Breton County$1,800
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anne Winters (member at large); Laurette Geldenhuys (member at large); Keith Macmaster (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecology Action Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107280224RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.