Focus On Nature
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 845562578RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($225,749) as filed with the CRA.
Focus On Nature is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $279K in revenue and $226K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $33K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Conduct full-day workshops for school classes at the grade 5 and 6 level. Conduct multi-day march break p.d. Day and summer camps. Develop and display photo exhibits of the student photos in public spaces.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $279K | $226K | $153K | $2,759 | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $311K | $333K | $230K | $2,126 | — | -$1,076 |
| 2022 | $284K | $308K | — | $179 | — | $24K |
| 2021 | $245K | $221K | $159K | $613 | — | $49K |
| 2020 | $191K | $218K | $157K | $1,655 | — | $25K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $33K 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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$183K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emily Burgess (director); Robert Fanning (past president); Tatiana Doucette (director); Kathleen Slemon (president); Robin Houlik (director); Harrison Jordan (director); Loretta Notten (secretary); Kathi Kim-Ellen Hurst (treasurer); Marc Provencher (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Focus On Nature’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 845562578RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.