The Circle on Philanthropy
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 834253080RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,783,641) as filed with the CRA.
The Circle on Philanthropy is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $670K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
We work alongside our members to transform the philanthropic sector to redistribute wealth activate wisdom and strengthen organizational infrastructure for the purpose of indigenous peoples communities and nations. We do this by bringing our presence participation hosting and wisdom creation to our shared labour for change.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $681K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $857K | — | — | $188K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $676K | — | — | $443K |
| 2021 | $993K | $724K | $182K | — | — | $455K |
| 2020 | $670K | $396K | $168K | — | — | $384K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 18 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$715K
- Makeway Foundation$200K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$100K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$75K
- Balsam Foundation$60K
- The Sitka Foundation$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Toronto Foundation$13K
- Pathy Family Foundation$10K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$8,750
- North Family Foundation$8,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,500
- Inspirit Foundation$2,500
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$835
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$650
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation-$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$977K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenn Miller (co-chair); Sadia Zaman (director); Brodie Guy (director); Tim Fox (co-chair); Brielle Beaudin Reimer (director); Susan Manwaring (director); Paul Nazareth (director); Benjamin Cooper-Janvier (treasurer); Thea Belanger (director); Rhode Thomas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Circle on Philanthropy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834253080RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.