The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation Inc
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 131958811RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,807,617) as filed with the CRA.
The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation Inc is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15.4M in revenue and $11.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 5% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.2M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $15.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Core programs are land protection stewardship and education. Gblt seeks to protect land for the purpposes of conservation stewardship ensures the continued protection of the properties owned or managed by the gblt. Education is provided through community-based activities including newsletters events focused on education (e.g. Nature walks) and participating in community organized events.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.4M | $11.8M | $11.6M | $184K | — | $71.4M |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $6.9M | $6.7M | $155K | — | $57.2M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $6.3M | $6.2M | $133K | — | $50.9M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $126K | — | $45M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $109K | — | $42.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3.2M from 26 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2M
- Weston Family Foundation$627K
- Ontario Land Trust Alliance Inc.$254K
- Nosreap Family Foundation$100K
- StoneyField Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$24K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$10K
- The Veritas Foundation/La Fondation Veritas$10K
- Airlie Foundation$10K
- The Langar Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$6,010
- Toronto Foundation$5,500
- Nosreap Family Foundation$5,000
- The Birch Island Foundation$5,000
- WCPD Foundation$5,000
- Oakville Community Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,565
- Canada Gives$2,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,500
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$416
- The Pathfinder Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$676K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Doritty (director); Shannon Beddoe (director); Ross Carter (director); Jan Ruby (director); David Bunston (director); Ian Davis (director); Adam De Pencier (director); David Browne (director); Anthony Boright (director); Stuart Steffey (director); Lindsay Potts (director); Andy Fabens (director); Cathy Bongard (director); Cathy McKeever (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Georgian Bay Trust Foundation Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131958811RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.