Forests Canada
Publicly funded institution · Barrie, Ontario · BN 898572862RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($11,664,255) as filed with the CRA.
Forests Canada is a public foundation based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $12.1M in revenue and $11.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 69% from government, 22% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $251K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.9M in 2020 to $12.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Forests ontario is committed to restoring our forested landscapes to sustain biodiversity healthy people and a healthy economy. We offer innovative and adaptive opportunities for individuals businesses and government to invest in the restoration of canada's forests and grasslands. Forests ontario has the comprehensive infrastructure to manages all aspects of large-scale tree planting forests ontario is a trusted authority for those seeking to invest in the future of our forests through donations sponsorship volunteerism community events educational initiatives and regional and nationa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.1M | $11.7M | $11.1M | $170K | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $11.7M | $11.3M | $10.8M | $59K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $7.1M | $6.6M | $243K | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $6M | $5.8M | $5.4M | $193K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $7.2M | $6.9M | $151K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $251K from 13 charities:
- RBC Foundation$100K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- Greenbelt Foundation$42K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,052
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$495
- Flavelle Family Foundation$250
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$202
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,99919 positions
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Love (director); Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell (president); Kim Gavine (director); Peter Johnson (director); Bonny Skene (director); Michael Klasner (treasurer); Christine Leduc (director); Dirk Brinkman (director); William Martin (director); Carol Walker-Hart (director); Kim Rapagna (director); Dan Marinigh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forests Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898572862RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.