The Democracy Fund
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 779176676RR0001 · Upholding Human Rights · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,725,814) as filed with the CRA.
The Democracy Fund is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under upholding human rights. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $643K.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Canadian Physicians for Life/ Medecins du Canada pour le Respect de la Vie. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
1. To advance and maintain substantive constitutional rights in canada through public education and strategic litigation seeking legal remedies for victims of constitutional rights abuses. 2. To advance education by establishing a journalism placement program that provides post-secondary journalism students with opportunities to obtain on-the-job skills training required to complete their education program. 3. To relieve poverty by providing health supplies and other necessities of life to impoverished families in disaster-stricken and other needs-based areas including iraq hong kong china …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | $46K | $680K |
| 2023 | $2M | $3M | $2.6M | — | $123K | $610K |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $4.4M | $4.2M | — | $7,337 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $5.7M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | $31K | $3.2M |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $643K from 23 charities:
- The Hearn Family Foundation$200K
- BenefAction Foundation$185K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Canadahelps Canadon$52K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$45K
- The Highbury Foundation$25K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$10K
- Lamb Foundation$10K
- Cidel Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$7,500
- Abundance Canada$7,180
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,487
- Christian Stewardship Services$5,000
- Lamb Foundation$5,000
- Bar None Ranches Memorial Foundation$5,000
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$2,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$2,200
- Vancouver Foundation$1,600
- McCUTCHEON FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$70
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$482K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lyle Dunkley (director); Joe Nadler (chairman); David Nadier (director); Joseph Shier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Democracy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 779176676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.