Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere
Publicly funded institution · Parry Sound, Ontario · BN 871001335RR0001 · Environment
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,726,722) as filed with the CRA.
Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere is a charitable organization based in Parry Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $3M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $208K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
We have coordinated community and energy planning activities we conduct regional species at risk and environmental planning we coordinate indigenous youth land based education programming we undertake youth educatoin programming in schools and with community groups we work with community on sustainable tourism strategies we conduct reviews and prioritization of research and monitoring needs for natural ecosystem reporting
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $51K | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.3M | $67K | — | $869K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $49K | — | $562K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $50K | — | $387K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $96K | — | $301K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $208K from 18 charities:
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- Future Generations Foundation$45K
- Laidlaw Foundation$31K
- The Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association$10K
- United Way Centraide North East Ontario / Nord-est de l'Ontario$9,996
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature$8,800
- Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,449
- The Winged Achene Foundation$5,000
- The M.H. Brigham Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,640
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$538
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- The George Kostiuk Family Private Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$128
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$65
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Ashmore (director); Tonia Blenkarn (director); Marilyn Capreol (director); Ron Chase (president); Jessica Fargher (vice president); Adam Good (director); Daniel Hoornweg (director); Colette Isaac (director); Rebecca Johnson (director); Peter Koetsier (treasurer); Daniel Reeves (director); Ian Scott (director); Jack Tynan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871001335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.