Canadian Career Development Foundation/ Fondation canadienne pour le développement de carrière
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 128957461RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,682,638) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Career Development Foundation/ Fondation canadienne pour le développement de carrière is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $4.1M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,658.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Ccdf works to strengthen the field of career development through evidence-based research competency-based training of career practitioners/educators the development of innovative new approaches to service delivery and the promotion of stronger career development policies. Through all its activities ccdf works to build the capacity of the field to better meet the career development needs of canadians
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $3.7M | $3.4M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $3.3M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $835K |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $393K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $336K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,658 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$929K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Maccallum (past president); Robert Despins (president); Kevin Maynard (treasurer); Beverly Stuart (secretary); William Borgen (administrator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Career Development Foundation/ Fondation canadienne pour le développement de carrière’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128957461RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.