Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach
Publicly funded institution · Durham, Ontario · BN 852139336RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,076,678) as filed with the CRA.
Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach is a charitable organization based in Durham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from government. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $575K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.6M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Supports access to effective education to underprivileged children worldwide to support schools and provide an excellent standard in education and to reduce barriers to success for youth at risk. In carrying out its mandate the charity: 1) operates a drop in centre and skills training centre for youth at risk. 2) works with partner indigenous schools across the country to help increase graduation rates and provide educational programs the school does not have adequate resources to provide. A special emphasis is placed on stem programs. 3) operates a nature education facility for elemen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.1M | $6.1M | $283K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $5.7M | $4.9M | $195K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $3.6M | $120K | $71K | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $2.9M | $2.9M | $0 | $50K | $380K |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3M | $2.6M | $0 | $122K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $575K from 21 charities:
- RBC Foundation$90K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$85K
- Urban Systems Foundation$62K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$46K
- Aqueduct Foundation$45K
- Arrell Family Foundation$30K
- Ptarmigan Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$25K
- The McCain Foundation$24K
- Tachane Foundation Inc.$20K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$20K
- The Village at Blue Mountain Foundation$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$15K
- Makeway Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,960
- United Way of Bruce Grey$6,000
- Craigleith Cares Foundation$5,000
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$232
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$3.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darilyn Coles (director); Heather Johnston (treasurer); Deborah Keep (past chair); Lorne Kenney (director); Peter Mitchell (director); Martin Oosterveld (secretary); Michael Ready (chair); Niru Somayajula (director); Eric Ritchie (director); Stewart Paul (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 852139336RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.