Elements Society for Environmental Education and Leadership (ELEMENTS)
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 876343708RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($520,787) as filed with the CRA.
Elements Society for Environmental Education and Leadership (ELEMENTS) is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $523K in revenue and $521K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from government, 54% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $27K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $110K in 2020 to $523K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
ELEMENTS delivered environmental education programs in school and community settings across Metro Vancouver and Calgary regions. Programs include: EcoCooks School (Grades 4-12) EcoCooks Community (all ages) Zero Waste Place (Grades K-12 Fr/Eng) and Voyage Zéro Déchet/ Journey to Zero Waste (Grades K-12 Fr/Eng).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $523K | $521K | $480K | — | — | $109K |
| 2023 | $411K | $410K | $362K | — | — | $107K |
| 2022 | $234K | $250K | $210K | $420 | — | $106K |
| 2021 | $116K | $140K | $119K | — | — | $122K |
| 2020 | $110K | $88K | $71K | — | — | $146K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $27K from 4 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$462K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Hartshorn (chair); Ovo Adagha (vice chair); Love-Ese Chile (treasurer); Lok Han Angel Cheung (board member); Zankhna Mody (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elements Society for Environmental Education and Leadership (ELEMENTS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876343708RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.