Ecospark Environmental Organization
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 865058721RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($428,796) as filed with the CRA.
Ecospark Environmental Organization 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 $413K in revenue and $429K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 8% from government, 52% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Citizen science programs for students teachers corporate groups and community members using hands-on activities for data collection analysis and stewardship in local parks schoolyards and watersheds. Educating and engaging communities on the Oak Ridges Moraine and Greenbelt to protect them for present and future generations. Mentorship events connecting female high school students with women working in science.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $413K | $429K | $394K | $1,951 | — | $7,679 |
| 2023 | $377K | $500K | $461K | $3,430 | — | $27K |
| 2022 | $490K | $480K | — | — | — | $150K |
| 2021 | $411K | $381K | $336K | $16K | — | $139K |
| 2020 | $347K | $308K | $278K | $1,485 | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$264K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Rice (chair); Kary Kwok (director); Virginia Dawe (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ecospark Environmental Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865058721RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.