Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 834843799RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,256,955) as filed with the CRA.
Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $88K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $858K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Steps is a community-based organization that bridges the gap between the cultural social and environmental sectors by building the capacity of canadians to creatively transform public spacces in their communities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2M | $965 | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.6M | $2.2M | $22K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $20K | — | $613K |
| 2020 | $858K | $693K | $619K | — | — | $486K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $88K from 4 charities:
- RBC Foundation$70K
- Park People$7,500
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,120
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ammar Mahimwalla (member at large); Candace Hook (member at large); Carl Brundtland (member at large); Robyn Small (member at large); Joanna Flatt (board chair); Craig Hudson (treasurer); Yusra Khan (member at large); Miriam Kramer (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sustainable Thinking and Expression on Public Space (STEPS) Initiative’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834843799RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.