Free-text matching on what charities actually do, plus the financial signals we compute from each charity's own CRA filing.
Foundations mostly grant money to other charities, so we judge them on the share disbursed to qualified donees instead of program spending.
Leaning: balanced
Leaning: balanced
How this ranking works: score = 42% analyst impact (★ T2; neutral where unrated) + 33% need (thin reserves) + 25% spending in the healthy 5–35% overhead band. Sliders re-rank these 25 results live; every ingredient is shown on each card.
ranked from 581 charities · F2024 filings
ESCARPMENT BIOSPHERE CONSERVANCY INC.
TORONTO, ON·Environment5 of 5 stars, Charity Intelligence A · T2
overhead 9% · reserves 0.9 yr · revenue $4.2M
why:impact 92% (★ T2)need 53%spending 97%
INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION FUND OF CANADA INC.
CHESTER, NS·Environment5 of 5 stars, Charity Intelligence A · T2
overhead 8% · reserves 0.9 yr · revenue $11.6M
why:impact 92% (★ T2)need 52%spending 98%
ALBERTA CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
SHERWOOD PARK, AB·Environment3 of 5 stars, Charity Intelligence A- · T2
overhead 8% · reserves 0.8 yr · revenue $19.2M
why:impact 85% (★ T2)need 56%spending 98%
TORONTO, ON·Agriculture
overhead 7% · reserves 0 yr · revenue $1.9M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 98%spending 99%
FINCA CANTAROS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONPRV-FDN
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC·Environment
grants money out — judged on disbursements, not program spend
SAINTE-AGNES-DE-DUNDEE, QC·Environment
overhead 15% · reserves 0 yr · revenue $296K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 98%spending 93%
NANAIMO, BC·Environment
overhead 11% · reserves 0 yr · revenue $2.4M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 96%spending 96%
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, NL·Environment
overhead 16% · reserves 0 yr · revenue $1.1M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 97%spending 93%
NEW BRUNSWICK FEDERATION OF NATURALISTS INC. - FEDERATION DES NATURALISTES DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK INC.
FREDERICTON, NB·Environment
overhead 7% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $1.2M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 91%spending 99%
Jour de la Terre Canada Earth Day Canada
MONTREAL, QC·Environment
overhead 7% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $8.8M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 91%spending 99%
FRIENDS OF THE ROUGE WATERSHED INC.
SCARBOROUGH, ON·Environment
overhead 7% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $284K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 91%spending 98%
Canadian Council on Invasive Species
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC·Environment
overhead 6% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $2.3M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 90%spending 99%
MONTREAL, QC·Environment
overhead 19% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $518K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 93%spending 91%
EOS Eco-Energy/ Éco-Énergie Inc.
SACKVILLE, NB·Environment
overhead 16% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $352K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 91%spending 93%
ECOLOGOS ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION
TORONTO, ON·Environment
overhead 18% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $28K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 92%spending 91%
GROUPE DU BASSIN VERSANT DE LA REGION DE CAP-PELE INC.
CAP-PELE, NB·Environment
overhead 11% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $202K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 88%spending 96%
NATURAL PATHWAYS LEARNING CENTRE
ESSEX, ON·Environment
overhead 29% · reserves 0 yr · revenue $238K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 96%spending 84%
Conseil des bassins versants des Mille-Îles (COBAMIL)
SAINT-EUSTACHE, QC·Environment
overhead 15% · reserves 0.1 yr · revenue $832K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 89%spending 93%
Comité zone d'intervention prioritaire (ZIP) des seigneuries
ST-SULPICE, QC·Environment
overhead 8% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $485K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 85%spending 98%
COUNTRY HERITAGE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
MILTON, ON·Agriculture
overhead 12% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $1.5M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 87%spending 95%
COLUMBIA BASIN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION NETWORK
INVERMERE, BC·Environment
overhead 14% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $2.3M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 87%spending 94%
MONTREAL, QC·Environment
overhead 7% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $512K
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 82%spending 99%
MONTREAL, QC·Environment
overhead 11% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $1.6M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 83%spending 96%
Organisme de Bassin Versant de la Yamaska
GRANBY, QC·Environment
overhead 7% · reserves 0.2 yr · revenue $1.4M
why:impact 50% (unrated → neutral)need 81%spending 99%
score = 0.42·impact + 0.33·need + 0.25·cost-efficiency. impact = Ci rating (0.5 demonstrated-impact + 0.5 results-grade), neutral where unrated; need = 1/(1+runway yrs); cost rewards the healthy 5–35% overhead band, graded within it (lower in-band overhead ranks higher; below 5% gets no extra credit). Figures: CRA T3010, F2024 filings · self-reported, not audited by us · every card links to the public record. We never handle your money.