Earth Rangers Foundation is a 4-star charity. It is financially transparent and has a A- results reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead spending is 23%, which is within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover program costs for nearly one year, which is also within Ci’s reasonable range.

Founded in 2004, Earth Rangers Foundation (ERF) aims to empower children and youth to become environmental leaders at home, in school and in their communities. The charity's programs focus on fighting issues such as animal extinction, food waste, energy consumption, and pollution.

ERF spent $4.7m on its programs and grants in 2024. Its programs are divided into three areas: Education, Membership, and Conservation. The charity did provide some breakdown of its program spending, but with broad categorizations; thus, it was not entirely clear how this categorization fit with ERF’s programs.

Education consists of various programs that teach students about biodiversity and conservation in schools across Canada and the US. These programs consist of school assemblies, eco-clubs, educational resources, and podcasts. In 2024, ERF had 891 school assemblies in Canada at 60 schools across Michigan and Wisconsin, engaging over 275,000 students. It welcomed 301 new eco-clubs in schools, and its podcast was downloaded 1.25 million times.

Membership consists of ERF’s Earth Rangers (ER) and ER Teens programs. These programs allow children and teens to sign up to become an ER member. Members engage in missions, activities and projects that focus on fighting environmental issues, such as Project 2050 that improves water conservation. In 2024, ERF had 42,789 new members. Its members logged 250,000 habits that helped conserve water for Project 2050. In 2024, it launched two new missions, and its members completed 99,534 missions. 

Conservation programs work with other organizations and researchers to protect species and habitats facing extinction in Canada. The charity sells adoption kits whose funds are used to support conservation projects. These adoption kits include a stuffed animal, animal information cards, posters and a certificate of adoption. In 2024, there were seven new wildlife conservation projects supported and 3,565 adoption kits sold. 

Earth Rangers Foundation’s audited financial statements follow line-item costing, which is not a financial reporting best practice. Given this, Ci referred to its T3010 filing with the CRA Charities Directorate to report program, administrative, and fundraising costs. However, ERF’s Annual Report does disclose its program, administrative, and fundraising costs.

ERF received $5.1m in Canadian donations and special event fundraising in 2024, which is 75% of total revenue. It got $1.1m in government funding, which is 16% of total revenue. It spent $4.7m on its programs and grants in 2024, which is 68% of revenue; $4.5m went to programs and it granted $151k. Its top three grant recipients were the Earth Rangers USA Foundation ($112k); Karl-Antoine Hogue, a research graduate, ($10k); and the Nature Conservancy of Canada ($9k). ERF recorded a surplus of $739k in 2024.

ERF spent $352k on fundraising costs, which is 7% of donations. It spent $1.1m on administrative costs, which is 16% of revenue. ERF has total overhead spending of 23%. For every dollar donated to ERF, 77 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

ERF has $4.5m in reserve funds (cash and investments). ERF can cover 96%, or nearly one year of its annual program costs with its reserve funds. This is within Ci’s reasonable range.

This report is an update that has been sent to Earth Rangers Foundation for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on August 25, 2025, by Leah DeFrancesco.