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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $6.4M | 76¢ | 24% | 1.2 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $11.2M | 75¢ | 23% | 1 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $13.3M | 79¢ | 18% | 1.2 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $11.7M | 77¢ | 19% | 2.1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $15.8M | 83¢ | 17% | 1.4 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $17.0M | 80¢ | 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 ↗
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Overall rating
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Results reporting
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Demonstrated impact
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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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