Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Newmarket, Ontario · BN 119003317RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,514,234) as filed with the CRA.
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Foundation is a public foundation based in Newmarket, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 50% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $160K.
Compared with 47 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $412K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Funds raised to support the lake simcoe region conservation authority. Specifically the watershed conservation restoration projects and education programs. This is accomplished through direct mail campaigns and fundraising events which aim to raise funds for restoration protection and education within the lake simcoe watershed. A capital campaign was started to help raise funds for a new education and training facility that will be built by the lake simcoe region conservation authority at one of the conservation areas.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $116K | $284K | $1.1M | $875K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1M | $120K | $227K | $661K | $599K |
| 2022 | $603K | $495K | $123K | $170K | $196K | $340K |
| 2021 | $870K | $679K | $103K | $139K | $432K | $233K |
| 2020 | $412K | $511K | $88K | $273K | $133K | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $160K from 15 charities:
- RBC Foundation$75K
- The 452 Foundation$25K
- The Dalt Hicks Family Foundation$19K
- Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation$15K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Uplands Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,350
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$1,000
- BAM Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$694
- Philip and Hannah Reichmann Family Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$461
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$29
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$263K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brad Rogers (president); Sarah Kurtz (vice president); Clarence Lui (secretary treasurer); Matthew Allen (director); Debby Beatty (director); Joanne Barnett (director); Geoffrey Dawe (director); Susana Donaldson (director); Randy Greenlaw (director); Geoffrey Masotti (director); Ahmed Elganzouri (director); Clare Riepma (director); Sheila Stewart (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119003317RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.