Mediasmarts Habilomédias
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 890181092RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,511,335) as filed with the CRA.
Mediasmarts Habilomédias is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,994.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. Continued to maintain/update bilingual website including blogs and create new online resources including lesson plans workshops tip sheets and educational videos; maintain social media accounts for educational and promotion purposes. 2. Continued to coordiante canada's national media literacy week held in october. 3. Continued outreach and partnership building activities from previous programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.2M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $850K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | — | $943K |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,994 from 5 charities:
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nathalie Bourdon (director); Kevin Chan (officer); Steve De Eyre (director); Nana Aba Duncan (director); Nina Duque (director); Michael Hoechsmann (vice chair); Nimtax Kanji (board member); Suzanne Morin (chair); Ramona Pringle (director); Mara Tramontin (treasurer); Paola Granata (director); Darcy Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mediasmarts Habilomédias’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890181092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.