The David Suzuki Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 127756716RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,804,482) as filed with the CRA.
The David Suzuki Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $14.7M in revenue and $14.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 110 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.8M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 94 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The David Suzuki Foundation works through science and education to protect the diversity of nature and our quality of life now and for the future.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.7M | $14.8M | $11M | $2.3M | $37K | $21.2M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $16M | $12.1M | $2.5M | $103K | $21.5M |
| 2022 | $11.6M | $13.3M | $9.9M | $2.1M | $109K | $23.2M |
| 2021 | $14.7M | $11.1M | $7.9M | $2.1M | $61K | $24M |
| 2020 | $13.8M | $12.4M | $9.2M | $2.1M | $15K | $19.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $0 to 4 qualified donees:
- Grassy Narrows First Nation—
- Aboriginal Mother Centre Society—
- Nature Canada / Canada Nature—
- Earthroots Fund—
Received $2.8M from 110 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$472K
- The Sitka Foundation$425K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$254K
- Canadahelps Canadon$236K
- Canadahelps Canadon$236K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$150K
- Environment Funders Canada$126K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$90K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$83K
- BenefAction Foundation$78K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$72K
- Chamandy Foundation$70K
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$50K
- Gencon Foundation$50K
- The Houssian Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$40K
- The Dragonfly Fund$33K
- The Bennett Family Foundation$30K
- Somerset Foundation$20K
- London Community Foundation$20K
- The Wickerson Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$17K
- The Calgary Foundation$16K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$16K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$11K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions94
- Total compensation, all staff$8.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Bronfman (director); Tara Cullis (president & co-founder); Miles Richardson (director); Ginger Gibson (director); Kate Moran (director); Henry Annan (director); Jocelyn Joe-Strack (chair); Darren Fairbrother (treasurer); Zoe Craig-Sparrow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The David Suzuki Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 127756716RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.