Nature's Calling! Environmental Education
Charitable organization · Simcoe, Ontario · BN 833705304RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($303,767) as filed with the CRA.
Nature's Calling! Environmental Education is a charitable organization based in Simcoe, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $285K in revenue and $304K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from government, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $91K in 2020 to $285K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Forest school program summer camps class trips
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $285K | $304K | $159K | $4,591 | — | $32K |
| 2023 | $206K | $207K | $154K | — | — | $51K |
| 2022 | $174K | $223K | $179K | — | — | $52K |
| 2021 | $231K | $165K | $153K | — | — | $100K |
| 2020 | $91K | $87K | $81K | — | — | $33K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$133K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shanaya Van Hooren (vice-chair); Frank Yalaksa (director); Bernt Solymar (executive director/treasurer); Rick Levick (director); Elle Shurr (director); John Morrissey (chair); Robin Deserrano-Decloet (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nature's Calling! Environmental Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 833705304RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.