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CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY/La Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada

Charitable organizationPublic amenities·100 GLOUCESTER ST SUITE 600 · OTTAWA, ON · K2P 0A4·BN 106865272RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

A) Terrestrial Parks and Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded terrestrial protected areas while protecting nature in our existing parks; - To protect wilderness ecosystems across Canada; and - To educate Canadians about the importance of terrestrial conservation. B) Ocean Marine Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded marine protected areas while protecting nature in existing marine protected areas; - To protect natural marine ecosystems in Canada's oceans; and - To educate Canadians about the importance of marine conservation. C) Forests Climate an Show more

A) Terrestrial Parks and Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded terrestrial protected areas while protecting nature in our existing parks; - To protect wilderness ecosystems across Canada; and - To educate Canadians about the importance of terrestrial conservation. B) Ocean Marine Protected Areas Program - To establish new and expanded marine protected areas while protecting nature in existing marine protected areas; - To protect natural marine ecosystems in Canada's oceans; and - To educate Canadians about the importance of marine conservation. C) Forests Climate and Species at Risk Program - To protect Canada's forests through scientific conservation planning; - To preserve the full diversity of habitats for Canadian wildlife species; and - To encourage and educate Canadians to support nature-based solutions to climate change.

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

80¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 80¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

17%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

1.5 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$17.0M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

15%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

32%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$6.4M76¢24%1.2 yr
2020-03-31$11.2M75¢23%1 yr
2021-03-31$13.3M79¢18%1.2 yr
2022-03-31$11.7M77¢19%2.1 yr
2023-03-31$15.8M83¢17%1.4 yr
2024-03-31$17.0M80¢17%1.5 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

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Overall rating

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

★★★★

Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.

Analyst-reviewed by Charity Intelligence; their methodology, shown as published. source ↗

Results reporting

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).

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Demonstrated impact

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.

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Board of directors

17 directors reported · 17 of 17at arm's length

  • Walker, AmberChair Governance Committeearm's length
  • Mohr, LaviniaTreasurer & Chair Finance Cmtarm's length
  • Grandy, JohnPresidentarm's length
  • Val, ErikTrusteearm's length
  • McMurtry, DonaldTrusteearm's length
  • Paisley, RichardChair Litigation Committeearm's length
  • Lucila, InaTrusteearm's length
  • Scalzo, KathleenTrusteearm's length
  • Tzannidakis, AlexandraTrusteearm's length
  • Withers, DeniseTrusteearm's length
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  • Smith, JenniferVice Presidentarm's length
  • Côté, CharlesTrusteearm's length
  • Mezquita, LanaTreasurerarm's length
  • Nemoto, CinthiaTrusteearm's length
  • Buyck, BarbaraTrusteearm's length
  • Wong, MichaelTrusteearm's length
  • André, DolorèsTrusteearm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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