Plenty Canada
Publicly funded institution · Lanark, Ontario · BN 119094969RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
Plenty Canada is a charitable organization based in Lanark, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.2M in revenue and $2.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $155K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $597K in 2020 to $2.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Plenty canada facilitates access to and shares resources with indigenous peoples and other community groups around the world in support of their environmental protection and sustainable development goals. Sharing the knowledge of our aboriginal cultures historical events responsibilities and rights to achieve a more inclusive canadian society that draws from all of its strengths.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2M | $2.8M | — | — | — | $183K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2M | — | — | — | $736K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1M | — | — | — | $489K |
| 2021 | $576K | $503K | — | — | — | $165K |
| 2020 | $597K | $498K | — | — | — | $221K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $155K from 8 charities:
- Greenbelt Foundation$75K
- RBC Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$14K
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$552
- Religieuses de Notre Dame du Sacre Coeur$200
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$455K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chuck Commanda (director); Mary Alyson Edwards (secretary); Chelsey Johnson (director); Lawrence McDermott (executive director); Peigi Wilson (president); Claudia Meness.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Plenty Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119094969RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.