TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 133702845RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,463,591) as filed with the CRA.
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,474.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 384 qualified donees totalling $4.2M in 2024, the largest being $221K to The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Td friends of the environment foundation (tdfef) is a national charity that funds environmental projects across canada. With the support from our donors td fef has provided more than $117 million to over 29 000 environmental projects and programs. The foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives with a primary funding focus on environmental education and urban greening.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $4.5M | $34K | — | $4.3M | $0 |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $4.4M | $37K | — | $4.3M | $0 |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $4.2M | $218K | — | $3.9M | $0 |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $4.1M | $204K | — | $3.8M | $0 |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $3.8M | $129K | — | $3.3M | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4.2M to 384 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority$221K
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$86K
- Ecosource Mississauga$60K
- Scientists in School$60K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$55K
- Edmonton and Area Land Trust$55K
- Toronto District School Board$53K
- Upper Thames River Conservation Authority$50K
- Watersheds Canada$50K
- Huron Stewardship Council$46K
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority$42K
- Green Teams of Canada$35K
- EcoSchools Canada$34K
- Friends of the Rouge Watershed Inc.$34K
- Ontario Nature Inc.$33K
- ReForest London$33K
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation$32K
- West Neighbourhood House$29K
- Makeway Charitable Society$27K
- District School Board of Niagara$26K
- Credit Valley Conservation Foundation$25K
- Halton District School Board$25K
- The Riverwood Conservancy$24K
- ACER Association For Canadian Educational Resources$24K
- The Peel District School Board$24K
Received $9,474 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alicia Rose (director chair); Claudine Dupont (director); Hamida Sachedina (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133702845RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.