Green Municipal Fund
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 734668890RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,850,500) as filed with the CRA.
Green Municipal Fund is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $12M in revenue and $72.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $19.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 180 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 174 qualified donees totalling $30.1M in 2024, the largest being $2.4M to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $32.3M in 2020 to $12M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 76 names.
In its own words
To assist municipal governments in canada to lever investments in municipal environmental projects and to provide grants for feasibility studies assessments sustainable community plans and field tests and grants loans and/or loan guarantees to eligible receipients for project implementation. The green municipal fund is a revolving fund administered by the federation of canada municipalities. The gmf was established to enhance canadians' quality of life by improving air wate and soil quality and protecting the climate. The gmf supports grants loans an loan guarantees to encourage investmen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12M | $72.9M | $13.5M | — | $42.1M | $1.3B |
| 2023 | $25M | $53.1M | $12.7M | — | $26.9M | $1.4B |
| 2022 | $47.3M | $59.3M | $31.6M | — | $15.9M | $1.4B |
| 2021 | $54.9M | $221.6M | $2.9M | — | $72.2M | $1.5B |
| 2020 | $32.3M | $29.1M | $3M | — | $5.5M | $1.7B |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30.1M to 174 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$2.4M
- Kenora District Services Board$1.5M
- Kenora District Services Board$1.5M
- City of Guelph$1.5M
- Brightside Community Homes Foundation$1.4M
- City of Calgary$1.2M
- City of Ottawa$1M
- City of Charlottetown$930K
- City of Saskatoon$754K
- Indwell Community Homes$684K
- Municipality of the County of Colchester$658K
- Strathcona County$604K
- Township of Beckwith$519K
- Community Seniors Co-Operative Ltd.$425K
- Ville de Rivière-du-Loup$400K
- City of Estevan$350K
- City of Guelph$350K
- Sturgeon County$346K
- Regional Municipality of Durham$323K
- Town of Okotoks$313K
- Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9$307K
- City of Cold Lake$296K
- City of Saint John$282K
- City of Fredericton$277K
- MRC de La Rivière-du-Nord$250K
Received $19 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions180
- Total compensation, all staff$16.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trish Mandewo (president); Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (president); Tyler Gandam (president); Daniel Côté (ex officio); Brad Bradford (councillor); Laine Johnson (councillor); Jennifer McKelvie (deputy mayor); Robin McPherson (councillor); Taneen Rudyk (councillor); Will Cole-Hamilton (councillor); Chris Coleman (councillor); Neal Comeau (councillor); Patty Cuttell (councillor); Jacques Demers (president); Anik Des Marais (conseillère); Jen Ford (president); Skylar Franke (councillor); Bob Hawkins (councillor); Paula Huntley (councillor); Joe Masi (councillor); Sheilagh O'Leary (deputy mayor); Fraser Patterson (councillor); Michael Smith (deputy mayor); Antoine Tardif (maire); Larry Vaters (councillor); Mike Yargeau (mayor); Jeff Lehman (regional district chair); Louise Wallace Richmond (councillor); Godwin Chan (deputy mayor); Lisa Cominato (councillor); Stephen Ogden (mayor); Alysson Storey (councillor); Brenda Chisholm-Beaton (president); Andrew Black (president); Yvon Godin (président); David Weiser (consiller); Colin Best (president); Mike Savage (mayor); Gregg Davidson (councillor); Ted Laking (president); Mike Strachan (mayor); Rebecca Bligh (councillor); Scott Pearce (maire); Geoff Stewart (councillor); Kaïla Amaya-Munro (conseillère); Bernard Bigras-Denis (maire); Marc Doret (maire); Sylvain Ouellet (conseiller); Rebecca Alty (president); Courtney Walcott (councillor); Adam Lordon (president); Daniel Arbour (director); Katie Berghofer (councillor); Amy Coady (president); Diana Huson (councillor); Sarah Hamilton (councillor); Bruce Macdougall (president); Kam Glight (president); Paul McLauchlin (president); Josefina Blanco (conseillère); Steve Pellegrini (mayor); Rowena Santos (councillor); Mairin Loewen (councillor); Rory Nisan (councillor); James Wang (councillor); Normand Dyotte (maire); Kathy Jeffery (councillor); Jeff Browaty (councillor); Sandra Desmeules (conseillère); Chris Fonseca (councillor); Randy Goulden (president); Leah Main (director); Marvin Plett (councillor); Tim Tierney (councillor); Laurent Tétrault (councillor); Ray Orb (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Green Municipal Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 734668890RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.