Onakawana Education Fund
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 789854296RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($328,267) as filed with the CRA.
Onakawana Education Fund is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $266K in revenue and $328K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $280K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $80K in 2024, the largest being $80K to Trent University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Reconnect youth to the land and traditions of the indigenous communities of james bay. Facilitate culturally trained mentorship programs and engage youth in water conservation through storytelling and data collection through the watermark project. Generally we aim to bring you up to camp onakawana which is at the north shore of the abitibi river at the mouth of onakawana (near moosonee) for educational purposes.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $266K | $328K | $171K | $47K | $80K | $159K |
| 2023 | $144K | $200K | $141K | $12K | $25K | $222K |
| 2022 | $220K | $226K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | $261K | $223K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $323K | $217K | $157K | — | — | $454K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $80K to 1 qualified donee:
- Trent University$80K
Received $280K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$15K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Aitken (chair); Dana Toering (director); Elizabeth Innes (director); Carman Tozer (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Onakawana Education Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 789854296RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.