The Nature Conservancy of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119246544RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($171,049,924) as filed with the CRA.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $202.8M in revenue and $171M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 41% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 241 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21.1M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 454 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 58 qualified donees totalling $19.2M in 2024, the largest being $6.4M to Nature-Action Québec Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $110.9M in 2020 to $202.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
As Canada’s largest environmental charity the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has worked with partners to conserve natural landscapes since 1962. Together we deliver solutions to address the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change through large-scale and long-term conservation. We create lasting change for the planet and its people by partnering with Indigenous Nations and communities governments and businesses around shared interests. NCC works at the landscape level to create nature-based solutions at scale. We are inclusive champions of nature setting aside differences t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $202.8M | $171M | $112.9M | $19.1M | $21.1M | $1.4B |
| 2023 | $305.4M | $283.1M | $225M | $17.4M | $24.1M | $1.3B |
| 2022 | $185.2M | $160.5M | $106.7M | $15.9M | $23.7M | $1.1B |
| 2021 | $141.2M | $112.1M | $70.4M | $12.4M | $17.7M | $1B |
| 2020 | $110.9M | $103.3M | $65.5M | $13.8M | $12.5M | $928.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $19.2M to 58 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Nature-Action Québec Inc.$6.4M
- Conservation de la Nature - Quebec$4.6M
- Appalachian Corridor / Corridor Appalachien$2.3M
- Province of New Brunswick$1.6M
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$1.1M
- Fondation pour la biodiversité et la faune du Québec$904K
- Connexion Nature$363K
- Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation$261K
- Gov't of SK - Environment$186K
- Southern Alberta Land Trust Society$137K
- Birds Canada / Oiseaux Canada$125K
- Assiniboine Park Conservancy Inc.$124K
- Fondation de l'Université du Québec à Montréal$100K
- RM of Stuartburn$94K
- Memorial University of Newfoundland$73K
- Fiducie de conservation des écosystèmes de Lanaudiére$72K
- Éco-corridors laurentiens$66K
- Horizon-Nature Bas-Saint-Laurent$60K
- Western Sky Land Trust Society$59K
- Municipality of Chelsea$55K
- Carleton University$43K
- University of Guelph$40K
- Fondation pour la sauvegarde des écosystèmes du territoire de la Haute-Yamaska$28K
- Corporation de Conservation du Boise de Johnville Inc.$28K
- Pays Plat First Nation$27K
Received $21.1M from 241 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$3.3M
- Hodgson Family Foundation$2.2M
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust$1.1M
- Nova Scotia Crown Share Land Legacy Trust$1.1M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1.1M
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1M
- RBC Foundation$775K
- Conservation de la Nature - Quebec$751K
- Aqueduct Foundation$694K
- The Sitka Foundation$600K
- Age of Union Alliance$600K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$500K
- Canada Gives$472K
- Canadahelps Canadon$462K
- Canadahelps Canadon$462K
- Longhedge Foundation$400K
- Fiducie Pacha Mama$367K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$359K
- BenefAction Foundation$336K
- Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation$310K
- Heather Ryan & L. David Dube Foundation Inc.$250K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$248K
- Hewitt Foundation$225K
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$200K
- The McCain Foundation$167K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions454
- Total compensation, all staff$45.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne King (director); Michael Pedersen (past chair & director); Tamar Pichette (director); Robert Propser (vice chair & director); Janice Wattis (chair & director); Robert Sutton (director); Bruce Cooper (director); Karly Healey-Lampman (director); David Blair (director); Sanjay Dhawan (director); Lydia Courteoreille (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119246544RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.