The Roberta Bondar Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 807438759RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($367,900) as filed with the CRA.
The Roberta Bondar Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $308K in revenue and $368K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $147K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We are dedicated to providing a creative learner-friendly approach to understanding environmental science. Our programs educate and improve knowledge of the environment in a way that stimulates interest excitement creativity responsibility and for some the desire for study in this area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $308K | $368K | $295K | — | — | $94K |
| 2023 | $183K | $287K | $234K | — | — | $154K |
| 2022 | $375K | $288K | $242K | — | — | $258K |
| 2021 | $358K | $241K | $192K | — | — | $171K |
| 2020 | $357K | $242K | $186K | — | — | $54K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $147K from 10 charities:
- RBC Foundation$65K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$35K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$20K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,536
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,500
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$567
- Fonds pour la démocratie Matthew R. Scanlan Democracy Fund$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$180K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roberta Bondar (president); Bonnie Patterson (chair); Elaine Paterson (secretary); Joan Hamilton (director); Ingrid Perry (director); Anthony Keating (director); Patricia Bovey (director); Samual Elfassy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Roberta Bondar Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807438759RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.