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The Canadian Journalism Foundation/La fondation pour le journalisme canadien

Charitable organizationSupport of schools and education·600 - 77 BLOOR ST W · TORONTO, ON · M5S 1M2·BN 132489212RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Administration of journalism awards program including lifetime achievement award and excellence in journalism award - Coordinate and hold an annual awards gala - Hold various panel discussions open to the public about different media and journalism topics

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)

78¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 78¢ 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)

13%

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)

1.1 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)

$1.6M

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

14%

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)

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 ↗

Over the years

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

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-12-31$3.2M73¢9%0.2 yr
2020-12-31$950K35¢1%2.3 yr
2021-12-31$1.0M30¢8%3.2 yr
2022-12-31$1.5M20¢23%4.1 yr
2023-12-31$1.2M69¢20%1.7 yr
2024-12-31$1.6M78¢13%1.1 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)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

42 directors reported · 42 of 42at arm's length

  • Bernstein, AndrewDirectorarm's length
  • Bishop, PeterTreasurerarm's length
  • Brindle, AaronDirectorarm's length
  • Elgie, JeffDirectorarm's length
  • English, KathyChairarm's length
  • Galloway, MattDirectorarm's length
  • Harris, GraemeDirectorarm's length
  • Terry, MeiganDirectorarm's length
  • Lakshman, ChethanDirectorarm's length
  • Fenlon, BrodieDirectorarm's length
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  • Owens, Anne MarieDirectorarm's length
  • Shaughnessy Kitts, MaureenVice Chairarm's length
  • Fischer, IrisDirectorarm's length
  • Waddell, ChrisDirectorarm's length
  • Willis, AndrewDirectorarm's length
  • Pasquini, PaoloDirectorarm's length
  • Strauss, MarinaDirectorarm's length
  • Mudge, AllisonDirectorarm's length
  • Walker, ConnieDirectorarm's length
  • Nasser, FarahDirectorarm's length
  • Brown, DesmondDirectorarm's length
  • Puri, SunnyDirectorarm's length
  • Harada, SusanDirectorarm's length
  • LeBlanc, AmberDirectorarm's length
  • Cardinal, FrançoisDirectorarm's length
  • McArdle, GillianDirectorarm's length
  • Pacienza, AngelaDirectorarm's length
  • Chagnon, MaximeDirectorarm's length
  • Abdelmahmoud, ElaminDirectorarm's length
  • MacNeill, PaulDirectorarm's length
  • Gill, RamneekDirectorarm's length
  • Lehmann, PaulDirectorarm's length
  • Ezrin, RobertDirectorarm's length
  • Benzie, RobDirectorarm's length
  • Kanwar, AmberDirectorarm's length
  • Millar, ErinDirectorarm's length
  • Tweddle, TerrieDirectorarm's length
  • MacIntyre, NicoleDirectorarm's length
  • Wright, MelDirectorarm's length
  • Hsiung, PatriciaDirectorarm's length
  • Simmonds, DavidDirectorarm's length
  • Wright, JenniferDirectorarm'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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