ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·33 CECIL ST · TORONTO, ON · M5T 1N1·BN 118830835RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
77¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
23%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.3 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$6.9M
Charity Intelligence ★★★★ A- · T2
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Environmental Defence Canada?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Environmental Defence Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118830835RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Environmental Defence Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 33 CECIL ST, TORONTO, ON, M5T 1N1. Source.
What does Environmental Defence Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Environmental Defence's activity in 2023-2024 was focused mainly on our work in clean economy promoting livable communities protecting Canadians from toxics protecting clean water and addressing plastic pollution. Our clean economy work highlighted the environmental social and economic risks of fossil fuels…" Full program description.
How much of Environmental Defence Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 77¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Environmental Defence Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $6.9M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Environmental Defence's activity in 2023-2024 was focused mainly on our work in clean economy promoting livable communities protecting Canadians from toxics protecting clean water and addressing plastic pollution. Our clean economy work highlighted the environmental social and economic risks of fossil fuels development and highlighted the benefits of taking action on climate change. We also focused on the government’s commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. And we engaged with the federal government’s commitments to put a cap on oil and gas emissions and implement clean electricity … Show more
Environmental Defence's activity in 2023-2024 was focused mainly on our work in clean economy promoting livable communities protecting Canadians from toxics protecting clean water and addressing plastic pollution. Our clean economy work highlighted the environmental social and economic risks of fossil fuels development and highlighted the benefits of taking action on climate change. We also focused on the government’s commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. And we engaged with the federal government’s commitments to put a cap on oil and gas emissions and implement clean electricity regulations. We engaged with the government of Ontario on their plan to address the environment and encouraged Ontarians to state their opinion with elected representatives. We worked to raise awareness of the potential impacts of a new 400-series highway in the Greater Toronto Area. We also turned our attention to the growing threat of plastic pollution in the environment including plastic beverage containers in Ontario and worked to see Canada commit to addressing plastics at the national and international level. Our Toxics work continues to educate on the need for reform of the chemicals management plan to further protect Canadian
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
77¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 77¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 77¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
23%
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 ↗ · what this means
1.3 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$6.9M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)28%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
28%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
72%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 | $3.7M | 71¢ | 29% | 0.5 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $3.5M | — | — | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $3.2M | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $4.5M | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-31 | $5.4M | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-31 | $6.9M | 77¢ | 23% | 1.3 yr |
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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.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA-
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
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Board of directors
13 directors reported · 13 of 13at arm's length
- Best, BruceDirectorarm's length
- Crerar, FatimaChair and Presidentarm's length
- Davies, RobertDirectorarm's length
- Ivey, JenniferDirectorarm's length
- Perley, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Abrams, StephenSecretaryarm's length
- Seymour, KathrynDirectorarm's length
- Stevenson, EricPast Presidentarm's length
- Rand, Tom P.Directorarm's length
- Chamerlain, AlexTreasurerarm's length
Show all 13 directors
- Simmonds, LaurieDirectorarm's length
- Ogilvie, JosephDirectorarm's length
- Chotalia, ShivaniDirectorarm'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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