The Sustainability Institute of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 863746012RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($572,166) as filed with the CRA.
The Sustainability Institute of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $612K in revenue and $572K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $435K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Strethening the capacity of the environmental community in canada by improving organizational management planning and fundraising skills of non-profit organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $612K | $572K | $526K | — | — | $186K |
| 2023 | $263K | $258K | $238K | — | — | $146K |
| 2022 | $911K | $910K | $892K | — | — | $141K |
| 2021 | $762K | $762K | $716K | — | — | $140K |
| 2020 | $491K | $496K | $480K | — | — | $140K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $435K from 9 charities:
- Ivey Foundation$150K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$90K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$80K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$60K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- The Gosling Foundation$10K
- The Sitka Foundation$7,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,788
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$193K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Suzanne Apelian (chair); Elliot Fox (director); Nidhi Tandon (director); Steph Glanzmann (director); Tooba Shakeel (treasurer); Emily McMillan (vice chair); Sara Krynitzki (director); Kathleen Cadungog (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Sustainability Institute of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863746012RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.