Scientists in School
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 867139537RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,027,442) as filed with the CRA.
Scientists in School is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 14% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 52 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $608K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The objective of the organization is to inspire elementary students and teachers to enjoy science and technology through fun and exciting presentations and hands-on activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4M | $3.4M | — | — | $551K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.1M | — | — | $389K |
| 2022 | $3.4M | $3.6M | $3M | — | — | $520K |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $2.7M | — | — | $716K |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.7M | $3.1M | — | — | $463K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $608K from 52 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$74K
- The John and Deborah Harris Family Foundation$60K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$21K
- Canada Gives$20K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$20K
- Mississauga Foundation$18K
- Hunter Family Foundation$17K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$17K
- Innisfil Community Foundation$15K
- The Burns Memorial Fund for Children$13K
- Saint John's School of Alberta Legacy Foundation$12K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$11K
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$10K
- The Nissan Canada Foundation /la Fondation Nissan Canada$10K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$10K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Access Communications Children's Fund Inc.$10K
- Arthur & Audrey Cutten Foundation$10K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$9,500
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$9,375
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scientists in School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 867139537RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.