Tallgrass Ontario
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887877819RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($59,994) as filed with the CRA.
Tallgrass Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $61K in revenue and $60K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 38% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Compared with 211 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12K in 2020 to $61K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Tallgrass Ontario was established in 1999 to coordinate work by groups that wished to undertake conservation programs that would implement the Recovery Plan for Grassland Communities of Southern Ontario. We connect groups and individuals engaged in recovery effors; promote scientific research; implement landowner contact and stewardship projects; raise public awareness; develop and transfer information about conservation and restoration; generate funds for recovery efforts; and undertake on-the-grounc grassland reconstruction projects.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $61K | $60K | $49K | — | — | $76K |
| 2023 | $26K | $34K | — | — | $200 | $76K |
| 2022 | $63K | $37K | $34K | — | — | $83K |
| 2021 | $9,460 | $12K | $8,819 | — | — | $57K |
| 2020 | $12K | $5,614 | $2,595 | — | — | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$33K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Season Snyder (past-president); Jennifer Neill (director); Izabela Van Amelsvoort (secretary); Jeff Bakker (treasurer); John Foster (director); James Appleyard (president); Val Deziel (director); Katherine Arthur (director); Shayla Jackson (director); David Hurst (treasurer); Graham Buck (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tallgrass Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887877819RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.