Metropolitan Toronto Region Science Fair
Publicly funded institution · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 890271844RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($24,836) as filed with the CRA.
Metropolitan Toronto Region Science Fair is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $27K in revenue and $25K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,212.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11K in 2020 to $27K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
1.) open to call city of toronto students from kindergarten to gr12 2.) winning students from g 7-12 represent toronto at canada-wide fair 3.) science + education programming provided for all participants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27K | $25K | $23K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $6,850 | $44K | $42K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $23K | $19K | $17K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $7,914 | $17K | $16K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $11K | $9,617 | $2,836 | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,212 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$2,500
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Worth (co-chair person).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Metropolitan Toronto Region Science Fair’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890271844RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.