The Essex Region Conservation Foundation
Public foundation · Essex, Ontario · BN 118902162RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($575,013) as filed with the CRA.
The Essex Region Conservation Foundation is a public foundation based in Essex, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $656K in revenue and $575K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $203K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $515K in 2024, the largest being $515K to Essex Region Conservation Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $331K in 2020 to $656K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
The foundation works towards the achievement of an environmentally sustainable windsor-essex-pelee region through natural resource conservation restoration and protection of natural assets and development of public amenities which support conservation. The foundation achieves its mission through educating area residents and stakeholders with respect to the importance of natural areas protection and restoration trail develpment local biodiversity and cultural heritage. The foundation granted in excess of $515 081 to the essex region conservation authority to carry out programs and activitie…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $656K | $575K | $2,441 | $34K | $515K | $517K |
| 2023 | $672K | $634K | $5,114 | $31K | $571K | $436K |
| 2022 | $461K | $546K | $1,236 | $20K | $507K | $399K |
| 2021 | $621K | $509K | $3,110 | $20K | $479K | $484K |
| 2020 | $331K | $692K | $15K | $1,054 | $667K | $373K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $515K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $203K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pearl Davies (director); Pearl Davies (treasurer); Daniel ST. Denis (director); Suzanne Dajczak (director); J. Wales (director); Terrance Patterson (director); John Omstead (director); Meghan Boschin (director); David Robins (director); Terry Fink (director); Tim Byrne (secretary); Eric Naylor (director); Molly Allaire (director); Angelo Marignani (director); Tim Byrne (executive director); Terrance Patterson (chair); David Robins (vice chair); J. Wales (past president); Shelley McMullen (authorized signing officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Essex Region Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118902162RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.