Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning
Publicly funded institution · Minden, Ontario · BN 869531343RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($71,000) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning is a public foundation based in Minden, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $85K in revenue and $71K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 54% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,422.
Compared with 38 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $85K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Haliburton-kawartha-muskoka children's water festival
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $85K | $71K | $70K | — | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $28K | $32K | $23K | — | — | $17K |
| 2022 | $38K | $42K | $32K | — | — | $21K |
| 2021 | $22K | $18K | $8,723 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $40K | $23K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,422 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Field (chair); Cheryl McCombe (interim treasurer); Norman Thomas (director); Camille Smith (director); Ilona Sutcliffe (secretary); Mike Thorne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869531343RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.