Park People
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 846449437RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($3,766,914) as filed with the CRA.
Park People is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $3.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 11% from government, 67% from other charities. In 2024, 13 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 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $447K in 2024, the largest being $90K to High Park Initiatives. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Park People works to advance city parks as essential spaces to connect people to each other and the rest of nature. Park People connects people and communities with the tools they need to create great parks for everyone. We’re the only national bilingual organization dedicated to championing city parks in Canada. Since 2011 we’ve supported the incredible potential of urban green spaces by: 1) Activating Parks: We work with communities to unlock resources and address barriers so they can make their parks more vibrant and their neighbourhoods stronger. 2) Building Networks: We connect park l…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $1.8M | $71K | $1.2M | $490K |
| 2023 | $3.6M | $3.5M | $2.4M | $63K | $612K | $481K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.4M | $2.9M | $19K | $308K | $201K |
| 2021 | $3.6M | $3.4M | $3.2M | $21K | $41K | $390K |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $15K | $53K | $443K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $447K to 19 qualified donees:
- High Park Initiatives$90K
- Canadahelps Canadon$90K
- Les amis de la montagne (Mont-Royal) inc.$90K
- Meewasin Valley Authority$75K
- Ecology Action Centre$50K
- Toronto Botanical Garden$20K
- Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative$7,500
- UrbaNature Education$2,700
- 1JustCity Inc.$2,000
- Daniel McIntyre/St.Matthews Community Association Inc.$2,000
- Joujoutheque Basse-Ville$2,000
- Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.$2,000
- Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta$2,000
- The Gaia Project$2,000
- Muslim Association of Calgary (mac)$2,000
- Calgary Field Naturalists' Society$2,000
- Wonder'neath Art Society$2,000
- Halton Environmental Network$2,000
- Cuisines collectives du Grand Plateau$2,000
Received $1.1M from 13 charities:
- Balsam Foundation$680K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$113K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$50K
- RBC Foundation$40K
- Aqueduct Foundation$38K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$15K
- Societe de Developpement Communautaire de Montreal (sodecm)$12K
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zahra Ebrahim (director); Anne Charlton (director); Hélène Panaioti (director); Selina Young (chair); Nisha Malik (treasurer); Robyn Chan (secretary); Leah Houston (director); Seana Irvine (vice-chair); Mathew Hupfield (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Park People’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846449437RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.