Students on Ice Foundation/Fondation des étudiants sur glace
Publicly funded institution · Gatineau, Quebec · BN 836648766RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,564,199) as filed with the CRA.
Students on Ice Foundation/Fondation des étudiants sur glace is a charitable organization based in Gatineau, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $5.7M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 68% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $537K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.1M in 2020 to $5.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The charity is primarily engaged in providing grants in order to help students and young adults with the opportunity to participate in the educational expeditions to the antarctic and arctic. The charity also works with educational scientific and governmental organizations to advance high school and post secondary education programs and to increase general awareness and understanding of the polar regions ocean conservation biodiversity climate change mental health and the sustainable blue economy. The charity is increasingly involved in supporting its growing network of alumni students …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $5.2M | — | $210K | $225K |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.4M | $16K | — | $187K |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $3M | — | — | $127K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $1.7M | — | — | -$40K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $1.5M | $1.9M | $5,652 | — | -$19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $537K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$841K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Farella (treasurer); Jamie McCallum (secretary); Geoff Green (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Students on Ice Foundation/Fondation des étudiants sur glace’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 836648766RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.