Friends of the Earth
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118933001RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($144,124) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Earth is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $140K in revenue and $144K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 65% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Upholding the administration and enforcement of international national and provincial laws. Advancing education on environmental protection climate change advancing education on environmental protection from polluters sustainable consumption and waste reduction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $144K | $121K | $13K | — | -$42K |
| 2023 | $169K | $184K | $148K | $31K | — | -$39K |
| 2022 | $448K | $216K | $178K | $33K | — | -$19K |
| 2021 | $162K | $146K | $111K | $30K | — | -$232K |
| 2020 | $171K | $233K | $194K | $33K | — | -$268K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Canadahelps Canadon$44K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$7,750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,603
- The Calgary Foundation$3,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$301
- United Way of Greater Toronto$150
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$126
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$12K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Arlyle Waring (chair); Maria Leung (director); Frances Grace Fyfe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Earth’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118933001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.