Bruyère Health Research Institute
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119235026RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,361,401) as filed with the CRA.
Bruyère Health Research Institute is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $18.8M in revenue and $18.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government, 10% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $271K.
Compared with 23 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.4M in 2020 to $18.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Our research strengths and priorities lie in: - aging and long-term care - palliative care - rehabilitation and recovery - social accountability (with a focus on primary care and health equity).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.8M | $18.4M | $16.3M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $15M | $14.7M | $13M | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $12.1M | $11.4M | $10.3M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $9M | $9.3M | $8.2M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $9.4M | $8M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $271K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$11.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Brook (chair (as of 09/17/2021)); Justin Winchiu (director); Guy Chartrand (director); Tom Conway (director); Erin Crowe (director); Julie Pandeya (director); Peggy Taillon (director); Lucie Thibault (director); James Wishart (director); Martine Lagacé (director); Claude Briand (treasurer (as of 30/08/2022)); Kumanan Wilson (secretary (as of 28/09/2023)); Ella Mar (director (vice chair)); Mitchell Kutney (director); Dar Dowlatshahi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bruyère Health Research Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119235026RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.