Nickel District Conservation Foundation
Public foundation · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 119057701RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($129,176) as filed with the CRA.
Nickel District Conservation Foundation is a public foundation based in Sudbury, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $200K in revenue and $129K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations, 23% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $119K in 2024, the largest being $119K to Nickel District Conservation Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $58K in 2020 to $200K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Nature habitat-conservation groups - preservation of species wildlife protection - community recreation facilities trails etc - envionmental education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200K | $129K | $5,091 | — | $119K | $305K |
| 2023 | $140K | $46K | $5,809 | $1,954 | — | $280K |
| 2022 | $75K | $174K | $44K | — | $21K | $194K |
| 2021 | $120K | $122K | $110K | — | $22K | $279K |
| 2020 | $58K | $50K | $33K | — | $7,750 | $281K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $119K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $14K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$6,311
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheilah Arena (director); Gerard Courtin (director); Jennifer Davidson (director); Line Guillemette (director); Carl Jorgensen (treasurer/secretary); Stephan Kaufman (director); Kristy Rousseau (director); Tannys Laughren (director); Bruce Hennessy (chair); Chad Wilkinson (vice chair); Lindsay Cooper (director); Glenys Babcock (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nickel District Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057701RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.