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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $3.2M | 73¢ | 9% | 0.2 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $950K | 35¢ | 1% | 2.3 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.0M | 30¢ | 8% | 3.2 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.5M | 20¢ | 23% | 4.1 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.2M | 69¢ | 20% | 1.7 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.6M | 78¢ | 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)
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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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