TREE CANADA / ARBRES CANADA
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·300 - 245 COOPER ST · OTTAWA, ON · K2P 0G2·BN 137708509RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
• Greening Canada's School Grounds - Tree Canada supports tree and shrubs planting projects in educational institutions across Canada. • Edible Trees - Tree Canada promotes the planting and maintenance of fruit and nut-bearing trees in communities on publicly-accessible sites. • National Greening Program - mass seedling planting program across Canada. Projects take place every year in each of 5 regions: British Columbia (BC) Prairies (AB SK MB) Ontario (ON) Quebec (QC) and Atlantic (PE NB NS NL) targeting areas where there is a need for reforestation or afforestation due to human act… Show more
• Greening Canada's School Grounds - Tree Canada supports tree and shrubs planting projects in educational institutions across Canada. • Edible Trees - Tree Canada promotes the planting and maintenance of fruit and nut-bearing trees in communities on publicly-accessible sites. • National Greening Program - mass seedling planting program across Canada. Projects take place every year in each of 5 regions: British Columbia (BC) Prairies (AB SK MB) Ontario (ON) Quebec (QC) and Atlantic (PE NB NS NL) targeting areas where there is a need for reforestation or afforestation due to human activity or other causes. • National Tree Day – Tree planting events funded by Tree Canada and its sponsors. This annual celebration occurs in all provinces allowing corporate and community volunteers the chance to plant learn and appreciate the many benefits that trees provide to us. • Canadian Urban Forest Network - knowledge transfer program providing opportunities among individuals municipalities provincial and federal departments and academic research groups to exchange on topics in urban forestry. • Grow Clean Air - offsetting carbon emissions through certified partners. • Partners In Planting - Employee engagement events that allow corporate sponsors to plant and steward trees in urban centers across the country focusing on neighbourhoods where their employees live and work. • Operation Releaf - aimed at helping communities recover from natural disasters and pests by restoring community urban and rural green spaces. Tree Canada aims to support everyone impacted by the disasters including private residents landowners and municipalities. • Urban Programs: Various large-scale planting projects in urban areas funded by major sponsors including BC Hydro Community ReGreening CN Montreal Urban Canopy Winnipeg One Million Tree Challenge. • Treemendous Communities – funding opportunities to support community tree planting projects that create long-lasting benefits. Funding is available to Canadian municipalities Indigenous communities business improvement associations non-profit and community groups.
New programs
Greening Canada's Community Canopy (GCCC) Program-The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) supports 2 100 municipalities of all sizes from Canada's cities and rural communities. FCM and Tree Canada work together on the Growing Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) program. GCCC is a $291M initiative that will support planting at least 1.2 million trees across the country.
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)82¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 82¢ 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)18%
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)1.3 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)$14.3M
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)22%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $5.3M | 88¢ | 12% | 0.9 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $4.4M | 85¢ | 15% | 1.3 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $5.0M | 75¢ | 25% | 1.8 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $8.6M | 81¢ | 19% | 1.6 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $10.8M | 84¢ | 16% | 1.7 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $14.3M | 82¢ | 18% | 1.3 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 ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Bélec, PierreDirectorarm's length
- Duguay, LeoPast Chairarm's length
- Lewis, LawrenceDirectorarm's length
- Assaf, MoeVice-Chairarm's length
- Barker-Merz, JulieDirectorarm's length
- D'Cunha, ScottChairarm's length
- Dobbie, DorothyAdvisory Council Representativarm's length
- Fitzgerald, SabrinaDirectorarm's length
- Knight, WilliamDirectorarm's length
- Smith, SandyDirectorarm's length
- Harris, JackDirectorarm's length
- Gronski, ShelleyDirectorarm'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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