SeedChange Foundation
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 894566199RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,042,707) as filed with the CRA.
SeedChange Foundation is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $742K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $940K in 2024, the largest being $940K to SeedChange / Sème l'avenir. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Seedchange foundation accepts donations gifts legacies and bequests for the long-term support and security of seedchange's projects and programs. Seedchange foundation provides on-going financial support to seedchange (a qualified donee) in several installments for the support of its programs in canada and overseas.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $742K | $1M | — | $20K | $940K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $502K | $180K | — | $89K | — | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $845K | $177K | — | $74K | — | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $553K | $1,001 | $41K | $275K | $5.8M |
| 2020 | -$43K | $214K | — | $63K | — | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $940K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $16K from 2 charities:
- Gordon Butler Bequest$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,983
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$35K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Lourie (chair); Bernard Ndour (treasurer); Shelley Spruit (director); Cimoan Atkins (director); Catherine Rowe (director); Jessica Wood (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SeedChange Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894566199RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.