Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 754059111RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,232,344) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.7M in revenue and $9.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $732K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.2M in 2020 to $7.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Fundraising to support the toronto zoo including direct mail oureach online fundraising campaigns major donor engagement and other fundraising initiatives. Granted funds to the toronto zoo in support of programs and operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $9.2M | $170K | $707K | $8.1M | $11.4M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $2.5M | $183K | $764K | $1.2M | $13M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $1.3M | $234K | $520K | $155K | $10M |
| 2021 | $5.2M | $1.6M | $434K | $329K | $522K | $7.4M |
| 2020 | $4.2M | $2.5M | $124K | $374K | $1.7M | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $732K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$271K
- Canadahelps Canadon$271K
- The Consecon Foundation$100K
- Toronto Foundation$32K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$12K
- The Schad Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$8,000
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Proaction Cops & Kids$2,292
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,126
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,059
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$489
- Kuperman Family Foundation$250
- United Way of Durham Region$248
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$100
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$100
- The Durham Region Field Naturalists$100
- Vibrant Markham Foundation$100
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$75
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$907K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John (paul) Doyle (chair); Calvin Bricker (vice chair); Brittany Misurec (director); Dolf Dejong (director); Suzanne Macdonald (director); William Allen (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 754059111RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.