ECOLOGY NORTH
Charitable organizationEnvironment·PO BOX 1684 STN MAIN · YELLOWKNIFE, NT · X1A 2P3·BN 118892736RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
Cents to cause T1
5¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
9%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
10.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$723K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— 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 Ecology North?
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Is Ecology North a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118892736RR0001. 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 Ecology North located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 1684 STN MAIN, YELLOWKNIFE, NT, X1A 2P3. Source.
What does Ecology North do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Ecology North Offers environmental education and awareness in the following five areas: local food production climate change mitigation and adaptation water stewardship nature appreciation and waste reduction. Some of the public environmental events we organize include: Waste Reduction Week Earth Week Rivers to…" Full program description.
How much of Ecology North's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 5¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Ecology North?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $723K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Ecology North Offers environmental education and awareness in the following five areas: local food production climate change mitigation and adaptation water stewardship nature appreciation and waste reduction. Some of the public environmental events we organize include: Waste Reduction Week Earth Week Rivers to Oceans Day and natural history events such as the Christmas Bird count. We operate a school garden program. We hold regular water stewardship group meetings for youth host an annual youth water stewardship gathering and we provide environmental education sessions at schools and su… Show more
Ecology North Offers environmental education and awareness in the following five areas: local food production climate change mitigation and adaptation water stewardship nature appreciation and waste reduction. Some of the public environmental events we organize include: Waste Reduction Week Earth Week Rivers to Oceans Day and natural history events such as the Christmas Bird count. We operate a school garden program. We hold regular water stewardship group meetings for youth host an annual youth water stewardship gathering and we provide environmental education sessions at schools and summer camps
New programs
Ecology North ran a new program called Healthy living through healthy eating which involved at-risk youth learning to prepare meals in a range of settings including traditional foods prepared outside. Ecology North collaboratively hosted two public events-post evacuation on topics of mutual aid and climate and income resilience. Another project gave us the opportunity to increase professional development opportunities for staff.
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.
5¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 5¢ 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; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 5¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
9%
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
10.8 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 (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% 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)$723K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
73%
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
1%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
73%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
26%
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 | $1.1M | 98¢ | 1% | 0.4 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $928K | 98¢ | 2% | 0.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $479K | 88¢ | 12% | 1 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $527K | 76¢ | 24% | 1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $468K | 78¢ | 22% | 0.7 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $723K | 5¢ | 9% | 10.8 yr |
| trend |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
8 directors reported · 8 of 8at arm's length
- McNair-Landry, Eric PChairarm's length
- Rawat, RajivDirectorarm's length
- Cook, Dylan TSecretaryarm's length
- Nolan, LaurenTreasurerarm's length
- Peng, Qi QPDirectorarm's length
- Petkovic, Paula PPDirectorarm's length
- Linaker, Ben BLDirectorarm's length
- CArrier, Suzzane SCDirectorarm'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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