Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 887756435RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,381,841) as filed with the CRA.
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 24% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $6,689 in 2024, the largest being $4,000 to Indspire. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Dissemination of information and the development and distribution of educational programs and materials. The objective is to educate students about canada's geology and mineral resource endowment and promote awareness of the importance of rocks metals minerals and mining.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $995K | $95K | $6,689 | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $967K | $94K | $500 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $894K | $91K | $3,000 | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $733K | $81K | $2,500 | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1M | $82K | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,689 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $21K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$676K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Dillon (president ceo); John Heslop (chair of the board); Carol Burns (secretary); Lee Hodgkinson (treasurer); Ilan Bahar (director); Normand Champigny (director); Steven Reid (director); Mary Ann Crichton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887756435RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.