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COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA

Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·600 - 123 SLATER ST · OTTAWA, ON · K1P 5H2·BN 136535226RR0001·website ↗

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

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Canada Healthy Communities Initiative is an investment from the Government of Canada to transform public spaces in response to COVID-19. Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund a fund that is built upon the resiliency of and guided by Indigenous Peoples to support Indigenous communities and organizations through the current public health crisis. Communities for Gender Equality the Fund builds on efforts to shift power to women girls Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people and will work towards a future grounded in justice and gender equality. The Investment Readiness Programs goal is to help soc Show more

Canada Healthy Communities Initiative is an investment from the Government of Canada to transform public spaces in response to COVID-19. Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund a fund that is built upon the resiliency of and guided by Indigenous Peoples to support Indigenous communities and organizations through the current public health crisis. Communities for Gender Equality the Fund builds on efforts to shift power to women girls Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people and will work towards a future grounded in justice and gender equality. The Investment Readiness Programs goal is to help social purpose organizations build their capacity to participate in Canada’s growing social finance market and prepare for the Government of Canada’s broader investment in social finance via the Social Finance Fund. The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships aim to mobilize a dynamic community of young global leaders to create lasting impacts both at home and abroad through inter-cultural exchanges encompassing international education discovery and inquiry and professional experiences. Alliance 2030 is a national network of organizations institutions and individuals committed to achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030. Vital Signs is Canada’s most extensive community-driven data program. Spearheaded by Community Foundations of Canada and led by community foundations in Canada and around the world. The Community Services Recovery Fund is a $400 million investment from the Government of Canada to support charities non-profits and Indigenous Governing Bodies as they adapt their organizations for pandemic recovery. 4Rs Reconciliation KIA Communities in Action Workforce Collaborative.

New programs

Community Prosperity Fund (CPF) Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC) Corporate Declaration Gender Equality in Action IPRF-Walmart Foundation.

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)

74¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 74¢ 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)

26%

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)

3.3 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)

$57.0M

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

0%

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)

37%

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$14.4M163¢16%2.5 yr
2020-12-31$134.5M89¢11%3.1 yr
2021-12-31$48.4M76¢5%
2022-12-31$55.1M75¢25%21.1 yr
2023-12-31$128.6M79¢21%3.8 yr
2024-12-31$57.0M74¢26%3.3 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

15 directors reported · 15 of 15at arm's length

  • Holley, GordonBoard Chairarm's length
  • Duffy, DeborahDirectorarm's length
  • Kolody, LisaPast Chairarm's length
  • Dhami, NarinderDirectorarm's length
  • Gado, JosiahDirectorarm's length
  • Sadiq, LydiaDirectorarm's length
  • Michel, MaximeDirectorarm's length
  • Parmar, NeilVice-Chairarm's length
  • Francis, WendyDirectorarm's length
  • Evans, KellyDirectorarm's length
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  • Sachdev, VikramTreasurerarm's length
  • McRann, AaronDirectorarm's length
  • Robertson, KatieDirectorarm's length
  • Cho, DanbiDirectorarm's length
  • Black, ReginaldDirectorarm'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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