Green Cities Foundation
Private foundation · Milton, Ontario · BN 831778410RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($204,969) as filed with the CRA.
Green Cities Foundation is a private foundation based in Milton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $282K in revenue and $205K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 12% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $664.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $282K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Restore protect and revitalize healthy green spaces in urban canadian communities by adding living green infrastructure for the benefit of the public. Mobilize volunteers to fulfil the mission of being a community connecting plants and people for a greener healthier urban climate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $282K | $205K | $98K | $15K | — | $402K |
| 2023 | $625K | $512K | $386K | $18K | — | $325K |
| 2022 | $349K | $265K | $163K | $15K | — | $211K |
| 2021 | $254K | $120K | $78K | $6,039 | — | $127K |
| 2020 | $30K | $85K | — | — | — | -$7,029 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $664 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Zaplatynsky (past chair); Alan White (chair); Harold Deenen (vice chair); Scott Fortnum (director); Bill Hardy (bill hardy); Phil Paxton (past chair); Susan Ellis (director); David Thompson (director); Peter Guinane (director); Dan Carrothers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Green Cities Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831778410RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.