Visions of Science Network for Learning
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 861043370RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,230,782) as filed with the CRA.
Visions of Science Network for Learning is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 11% from government, 68% from other charities. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024.
In its own words
Connect youth to STEM professionals provide workshops where students can engage in scientific thinking and experimentation provide a forum for leadership and team building within a STEM learning environment help parents caregivers and program supporters understand STEM learning
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.8M | $20K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $82K | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1,808 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $1.3M | $953K | $79K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $983K | $767K | $5,439 | — | $512K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 33 charities:
- Leslois Shaw Foundation$233K
- Annette & Paul Wolf Family Foundation$150K
- Toronto Foundation$128K
- The Maytree Foundation$125K
- The Heather Sheehan Foundation$100K
- Leslois Shaw Foundation$100K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$100K
- RBC Foundation$75K
- Actua$70K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$68K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$64K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Canadahelps Canadon$57K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$50K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- The Atkinson Martin Family Foundation$50K
- The Bickle-Wilder Foundation$30K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$30K
- Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Vohra Miller Foundation$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$20K
- The Charles H. Ivey Foundation$20K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Visions of Science Network for Learning’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861043370RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.