The Earth Rangers Foundation
Charitable organization · Woodbridge, Ontario · BN 892200528RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,818,201) as filed with the CRA.
The Earth Rangers Foundation is a charitable organization based in Woodbridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7M in revenue and $6.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 14% from government, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.1M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 44 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $9,476 to The Nature Conservancy of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.6M in 2020 to $7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1)The show program educates students about timely environmental topics and conservation projects and encourages the adoption of sustainable behaviours. 2)The membership program inspires kids to take action to help protect the environment at home and in their community. The program is accessed through the Earth Rangers mobile App. 3)The green technology program is designed to showcase green technologies in facilities information technology and renewables in order to demonstrate their positive impact on the environment. 4) The wildlife adoptions program educated children about conservation…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $6.8M | $4.5M | $352K | $151K | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $7.4M | $7.2M | $5.1M | $447K | $643K | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $6.6M | $5.1M | $466K | $62K | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $6M | $4.6M | $356K | $66K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $5.5M | $4.1M | $326K | $72K | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $3.1M from 27 charities:
- The Schad Foundation$1.5M
- Honda Canada Foundation$250K
- Weston Family Foundation$241K
- RBC Foundation$200K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$189K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$133K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$75K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$65K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$60K
- Hewitt Foundation$55K
- The McCain Foundation$50K
- The Consecon Foundation$50K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$50K
- T-Gear Foundation$50K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$35K
- Greenbelt Foundation$13K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$10K
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$6,500
- Nicol Family Foundation$5,500
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$5,000
- Charity Intelligence Canada$800
- Canadahelps Canadon$593
- Toronto District School Board$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions44
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Kendall (chairman); Elizabeth Schad (director); Steve Levy (director); Chantelle Cseh (director); Stephanie Coyles (director); David Palmer (director); Angelo Schiafone (director); Vince Commisso (director); Katie Ann Hayes (director); Jonathan Odumeru (director); Simona Salter (director); Devin McCarthy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Earth Rangers Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892200528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.