Fondation Cambrian Foundation
Public foundation · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 118920784RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,781,466) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Cambrian Foundation is a public foundation based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $16.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $50K.
Compared with 583 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2023.
In its own words
To assist cambrian college in expanding its education services in order to administer fundraising activities and promote the college its purposes and activities. The foundation raises funds and provides facilities to cambrian college. The foundation also administers scholarships awards and bursary programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.9M | $16.8M | $2M | $162K | $593K | — |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $115K | — | $14.4M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $1M | $909K | $111K | — | $13.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | $147K | — | $10.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $50K from 2 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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$203K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Cambrian Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118920784RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.