Sierra Club Canada Foundation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119149789RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,453,084) as filed with the CRA.
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 13% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $527K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $753K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
To advance the preservation and protection of the natural environment principle foundation programs included: water conservation projects; toxic emission reduction; conservation and expansion of urban green space; climate change and energy programs; as well as various research on environmental protection and advocacy for science-based policy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $981K | $116K | — | $80K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $45K | — | $67K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.5M | $173K | $50K | — | $18K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $830K | $104K | — | $86K |
| 2020 | $753K | $735K | $490K | $75K | — | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $527K from 17 charities:
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$250K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$100K
- Salal Foundation$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- United Way of Prince Edward Island$30K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$11K
- The Calgary Foundation$6,215
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,691
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,222
- Open Sky$2,000
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundation$1,169
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$327
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$312
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$43
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$867K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Jessica Murray (ontario director); Isabelle-Anne Bisson (quebec representative); Emily Heinrich (treasurer and director); Ole Hendrickson (director); Juliet Rennick (secretary); Lauren Scott (director at large); Bo Simago (director at large); Owen Stewart (bc director and vp); Jared Wolfe (prairie director); Katerina Fragos (director); Bryanna Kagwa-Vistein (director); Barry Stemshorn (director); Autumn Trainor (youth director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sierra Club Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119149789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.