The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 123916751RR0002 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,911,827) as filed with the CRA.
The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 7% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $799K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
National award program for youth 14-24 years of age which requires accomplishment of specific activities over a specific time frame in four areas of endeavour: community services physical recreation skill development adventurous journey
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2M | $240K | — | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $3.7M | $2.2M | $663K | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $4.3M | $3.2M | $183K | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $2.6M | $2.1M | $84K | $17K | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $199K | $278K | $5.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $799K from 19 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$402K
- RBC Foundation$150K
- Vancouver Foundation$59K
- The Keg Spirit Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$21K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- The Victoria Foundation$13K
- Williams Wilson Sherport Foundation$11K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- Bealight Foundation$10K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$7,000
- Toronto Foundation$4,731
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,055
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$750
- The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island Inc.$557
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$237
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$10
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amy Langhorn (director); Lou Gizzarelli (director); Neil Thompson (director); Stephen De-Wint (director); Kevin Malone (director); Gregory Ludlow (director); Alexander LI (director); Sarah Deguzman (director); Thomas Morin-Cabana (director); Ashley Lorette (director); Marian Jones (director); Melisa Macadam (director); Kevin Pashuk (director); Paul Henry (director); Randall Mang (director); Erin Garner (director); Sandra Mason (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 123916751RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.