Equal Voice Foundation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 752574129RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,232,156) as filed with the CRA.
Equal Voice Foundation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 15% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $107K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $583K in 2022 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
During this 3nd year of operations as a charity the foundation focused on creating awareness program planning and resourcing for its charitable activities. Equal voice foundation continues to run the campaign schools program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $287K | $377K | — | $995K |
| 2023 | $933K | $857K | $441K | $373K | — | $506K |
| 2022 | $583K | $237K | $191K | — | — | $370K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $107K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$395K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Linda Benoit (treasurer); Nasha Brownridge (secretary); Sandra Aube (director); Lindsay Brumwell (director); Koleya Karrington (director); Angela Bonfanti (director); Francyne Joe (director); Tessa Ritter (chair); Sherry Monastyrski (vice chair); Janny Gaspard Laguerre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Equal Voice Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 752574129RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.