Toronto And Region Conservation Foundation
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119039493RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,238,210) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto And Region Conservation Foundation is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.9M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 73% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $4.4M in 2020 to $2.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provides funding to toronto and region conservation authority for various initiatives including the following: - environment stewardship - resource science - heritage education for black creek pioneer village - small scholarship amount for students pursuing environment studies at post secondary leave
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.2M | $6,000 | $1,390 | $2M | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $6,000 | — | $3.1M | $5.5M |
| 2022 | $3M | $4.1M | $6,000 | — | $4M | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.4M | $6,060 | — | $1.2M | $6.6M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $3.1M | $6,060 | — | $2.9M | $5.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2M to 1 qualified donee:
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority$2M
Received $2.2M from 16 charities:
- Weston Family Foundation$2.1M
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$54K
- The Bedolfe Foundation$45K
- The 452 Foundation$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$13K
- Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,185
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Toronto Ornithological Club$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$617
- C And C Family Foundation$350
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$100
- Greenwood College School$50
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Evans (director); John MacKenzie (director); Gillian Mason (director); Patricia Koval (director); Vitumbikov Mhango (director); Raymond Nicolini (director); Ed Postrozny (director); Paul Ainslie (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto And Region Conservation Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119039493RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.