The Halton Region Conservation Foundation
Charitable organization · Burlington, Ontario · BN 133143099RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($222,657) as filed with the CRA.
The Halton Region Conservation Foundation is a charitable organization based in Burlington, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $223K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 43% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $361K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.6M in 2024, the largest being $1.6M to The Halton Region Conservation Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $713K in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024.
In its own words
The mission of the Foundation is to support and advance Conservation Halton's critical environmental projects that protect our natural assets connect people with nature and inspire change. Fund raised support programs such as tree planting environmental education community outreach and conservation area infrastructure improvements.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $223K | $28K | $176K | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | — | $215K | $41K | $162K | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $988K | $212K | $18K | $179K | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $50K | $146K | $916K | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $713K | $651K | $1,293 | $121K | $518K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.6M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $361K from 16 charities:
- RBC Foundation$150K
- In the Spirit Giving Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$25K
- Greenbelt Foundation$23K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$14K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,815
- Oakville Community Foundation$7,829
- Toronto Foundation$5,000
- Ontario Wildlife Foundation$5,000
- Hamilton Community Foundation$4,296
- Burlington Community Foundation$926
- South Peel Naturalists' Club$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$191
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$38
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Halton Region Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133143099RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.