The Ontario Parks Association Foundation
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 891191777RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,818) as filed with the CRA.
The Ontario Parks Association Foundation is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15K in revenue and $19K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $171.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $37K in 2020 to $15K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Raise funds in order to grant scholarships and bursaries for university and college students who are planning to pursue a program in parks and environment related studies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15K | $19K | $13K | — | — | $261K |
| 2023 | $13K | $19K | $13K | — | — | $265K |
| 2022 | $57K | $16K | — | — | — | $271K |
| 2021 | $25K | $18K | $13K | — | — | $230K |
| 2020 | $37K | $14K | $11K | — | — | $223K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $171 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rowland Cave-Browne-Cave (chair); Nick Ovington (treasurer); Lalita Paray (secretary); Caitlyn Bye; Lance Dawson (director); Nathan Hamilton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ontario Parks Association Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891191777RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.