Ontario Nature Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107378952RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($4,111,763) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Nature Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $4.9M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 14% from government, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 57 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
1) the federation of ontario naturalists (operating as ontario nature) protects ontario's wild species and wild spaces through conservation education and public engagement. 2) the federation of ontario naturalists (operating as ontario nature) connects people to nature through its affiliated nature clubs and its system of nature reserves.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.9M | $4.1M | $3.1M | $472K | — | $11.4M |
| 2023 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $2.9M | $452K | — | $11.2M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3M | $2.2M | $410K | — | $11.1M |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $2.6M | $2M | $410K | — | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $2.9M | $2.1M | $520K | — | $9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 57 charities:
- The Flanagan Foundation$200K
- Comart Foundation$100K
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature$98K
- The Waltons Trust$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$67K
- Kenneth M. Molson Foundation$50K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$33K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- The Fitzhenry Family Foundation$20K
- London Community Foundation$20K
- The McLean Foundation$20K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$18K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$18K
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Trust Under the Will of Wilfred G Crozier Estate$13K
- Max Bell Foundation$11K
- Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club$10K
- Airlie Foundation$10K
- Canada Gives$10K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$10K
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$10K
- Greenbelt Foundation$8,943
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
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Caroline Schultz (executive director); Cara Gregory (past president); Kurt Kroesen (president); Daniel Shire (secretary/treasurer); Andre Willi (vice president); Adam De Luca (director); Amy Dietz-Graham (director); Ayesha Shah (director); Carol Burnup (director); James Kamstra (director); John Diebolt (director); Laverne Barretto (director); Marilyn Baxter (director); Mike Fisher (director); Muhammad Qureshi (director); Susan Robertson (director); Sylvia Bowman (director); Tiffany Lee (director); Paul Toffoletti (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Nature Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107378952RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.