Let's Talk Science/parlons Science
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 885400846RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,955,185) as filed with the CRA.
Let's Talk Science/parlons Science is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $13M in revenue and $13M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 62% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 112 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Lupus Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.5M in 2020 to $13M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Let’s Talk Science is a national charitable organization that helps children and youth fulfill their potential and prepare for their future careers and role as citizens in a rapidly changing world by supporting their learning and engagement through science technology engineering and mathematics ('STEM'). The organization offers many programs services and resources that help youth develop positive attitudes critical skills and career awareness and it connects the STEM and education communities to strengthen learning. Let’s Talk Science engages diverse audiences including preschool throu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13M | $13M | $10.8M | $1M | $100 | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $14M | $11.9M | $1.1M | $300 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $11.3M | $11.3M | $9.4M | $931K | $250 | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $9M | $8.7M | $7.2M | $782K | $100 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $8.5M | $8.4M | $6.9M | $767K | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Lupus Canada$100
Received $1.8M from 19 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$600K
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$300K
- RBC Foundation$200K
- Toyota Canada Foundation/fondation Toyota Canada$150K
- Fondation Desjardins$115K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$101K
- The Cloverleaf Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$50K
- The Lewitt Family Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$30K
- Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation$30K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$15K
- The Kiwanis Club of Ottawa Medical Foundation$10K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- River Philip Foundation$10K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$431
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$230
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
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions112
- Total compensation, all staff$8.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Warren Granger (director treasurer); Michele Noble (director secretary); Hilary Foulkes (vice chair); Bruce Archibald (chair); Janice Williams (director); Debasis Bhaumik (director); Eric Bosco (director); Deborah Saucier (director); Farah Qaiser (director); Paul Johnson (director); Gabriel Woo (director); Pauline Clarke (director); Craig Wellington (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Let's Talk Science/parlons Science’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885400846RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.