The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation
Public foundation · Thorold, Ontario · BN 119057511RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,606) as filed with the CRA.
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation is a public foundation based in Thorold, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $354K in revenue and $34K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $243K in 2024, the largest being $243K to Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $55K in 2020 to $354K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs the npca administers programs to further the conservation restoration and development of lands within its geographical jurisdiction
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $354K | $34K | — | $9,815 | $243K | $565K |
| 2023 | $77K | $41K | — | — | — | $226K |
| 2022 | $28K | $32K | — | — | — | $190K |
| 2021 | $46K | $68K | $22K | $17K | — | $194K |
| 2020 | $55K | $57K | $9,900 | $19K | $22K | $216K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $243K to 1 qualified donee:
- Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority$243K
Received $96K from 10 charities:
- RBC Foundation$50K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,609
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,619
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- The Niagara Falls Rotary Club Foundation$5,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$3,276
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,000
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$508
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$29K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Balsom (director); Donna Cridland (treasurer); Barbara Greenwood (chair); Brett Harrington (vice-chair); Doug Wilson (director); Mark Tadeson (director); Adam Shoalts (director); John Metcalfe (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119057511RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.