The Canadian Shield Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119219905RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,780) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Shield Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $140K in revenue and $3,780 in expenditures.
In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2021, the largest being $2,000 to ST John's College. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $72K in 2020 to $140K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The canadian shield foundation supports field research relating to the ecology (flora fauna etc) of the precambrian shield region of canada. Practical and applied research projects relating to the challenges of resource use and non-sustainability of fossil fuels are also eligible for grant support depending on funds available
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $3,780 | $2,000 | — | — | $744K |
| 2023 | $164K | $114K | $279 | — | — | $607K |
| 2022 | $9,737 | $140K | $2,918 | — | — | $558K |
| 2021 | $119K | $8,764 | $4,974 | — | $2,000 | $688K |
| 2020 | $72K | $1,686 | — | — | — | $578K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- ST John's College$2,000
Received $24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$67
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Harvey Bostrom (director); David Chomiak (director); Kenneth Davidson (director); Mark Miller (secretary/treasurer); Douglas Rowland (director); Edward Schreyer (chairman); Stephen Washen (director); Linda Payeur (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Shield Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119219905RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.