Kawartha Land Trust
Charitable organization · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 879086718RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,061,707) as filed with the CRA.
Kawartha Land Trust is a charitable organization based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 7% from government, 32% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 50 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.2M in 2020 to $6.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We envision a future where the kawartha region is characterized by natural spaces and connections that support healthy and representative ecocsystems and landscapes. Our mission is 'caring for land entrusted to us and helping others protect the land they love in the kawarthas'. By fulfilling our mission we desire and expect that klt will be recognized and trusted as a leader in conservation in the kawarthas and will actively work with others to achieve our vision.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $76K | — | $36.3M |
| 2023 | $15.8M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $64K | — | $32.3M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.1M | $944K | $49K | — | $18.1M |
| 2021 | $4M | $911K | $780K | $41K | — | $17.2M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $631K | $550K | $7,918 | — | $14.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.7M from 25 charities:
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$1.4M
- Toronto Foundation$210K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$200K
- The Michael Young Family Foundation$150K
- Centre for Land Conservation$132K
- The Blidner Family Foundation$110K
- BenefAction Foundation$95K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$63K
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$50K
- Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough$46K
- Kymar Foundation$40K
- Fellowship of Man Charitable Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- Canadahelps Canadon$22K
- The Barron Cowan Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- Pitblado Foundation$13K
- The Schad Foundation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,500
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$2,500
- The Gainey Foundation$2,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$750
- The Calgary Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$378
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Appleton (director); George Gillespie (treasurer); Geri Blinick (director); Paul Downs (chair); Randy Northey (vice chair); Robert Brown (director); Valerie Francella (director); Stephen Hill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kawartha Land Trust’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879086718RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.