The climate realityproject Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 831268354RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,206,858) as filed with the CRA.
The climate realityproject Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $381K.
Compared with 50 environmental 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 positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $368K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Accélérer la mise en oeuvre de solutions à la crise climatiquem en faisant de l'action immédiate une nécessité à tous les niveaux de la société.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $238K |
| 2023 | $1M | $1M | $704K | — | — | $337K |
| 2022 | $731K | $806K | $566K | — | — | $334K |
| 2021 | $531K | $448K | $405K | — | — | $409K |
| 2020 | $368K | $351K | $282K | $27K | — | $326K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $381K from 13 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$200K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$75K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$30K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,373
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$720
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$120
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$116
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$102
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$85
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$848K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Ancel (administrateur); Jean-François Barsoum (président); Lisen Bassett (secrétaire); Curtis Hull (administrateur); Candace Labelle (vice-président); Jamie Carol Lavigne (administrateur); Priya Ramesh Mehta (administrateur); Victoria Serda (administrateur); Benjamin Trister (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The climate realityproject Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 831268354RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.