EcoSchools Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 725827729RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,503,521) as filed with the CRA.
EcoSchools Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 34% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $448K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $655K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024.
In its own words
EcoSchools Canada delivers programs to advance environmental education and leadership in K-12 schools across Canada. Ongoing programs include a certification program for K-12 schools that promotes and recognizes environmental learning and action contests events and engagement opportunities for K-12 students workshops and webinars for educators environmental education conferences (hybrid or virtual) and resources for environmental champions within schools and school boards.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $76K | $19K | $507K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $838K | $48K | $14K | $490K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $832K | $76K | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $870K | $861K | $697K | $39K | — | $288K |
| 2020 | $655K | $769K | $590K | $72K | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $448K from 10 charities:
- RBC Foundation$125K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$100K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$75K
- Virgin Unite (canada) Inc.$50K
- Greenbelt Foundation$45K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$34K
- The Consecon Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,587
- WCPD Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$130
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$938K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from EcoSchools Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 725827729RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.