Imagine Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119218790RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,849,089) as filed with the CRA.
Imagine Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.9M in revenue and $7.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 29% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $7.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Imagine Canada is a national charitable organization whose cause is Canada's charities and nonprofits. Its four Strategic Directions are to: energize the sector's voices; ensure the sector's relevance; influence the sector's environment; and elevate the sector's excellence. It conducts research accredits organizations evaluates and comments on public policy matters and provides services and information to charities and others. Imagine Canada est un organisme de bienfaisance national dont la mission est de faire la promotion des organismes de bienfaisance et sans but lucratif au Canada.…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.9M | $7.8M | $7M | $25K | $5,000 | $104K |
| 2023 | $5.1M | $5.4M | $4.6M | $22K | $0 | $84K |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $3.7M | $19K | $0 | $311K |
| 2021 | $4.2M | $3.9M | $3.3M | $21K | $0 | $134K |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.5M | $4,613 | $0 | -$157K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 37 charities:
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$200K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$189K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$150K
- RBC Foundation$100K
- The Sonor Foundation$100K
- Tiny Foundation$98K
- J. Armand Bombardier Foundation$90K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$50K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- The Calgary Foundation$20K
- Gary Whitelaw and Linda Mollenhauer Foundation$15K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$15K
- Loran Scholars Foundation$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$13K
- The Lyle Shantz Hallman Charitable Foundation$10K
- Chamandy Foundation$10K
- Carthy Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,956
- Oxfam Canada$6,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danisha Bhaloo-Shivji (director); Pascal Lépine (chair); Darren Pries-Klassen (director); Denis Carignan (director); Tania Cheng (director); Roger D. Ali (director); Charlene Krepiakevich (vice-chair); Ninette Bishay (director); Florence Carey (director); Jordan Gray (director); Jessica Gordon (director); Jessica Hale (director); Andrea Dicks (director); Mélanie Valcin (director); Mahalia Verna (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Imagine Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119218790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.