Canadian Federation For The Humanities And Social Sciences
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 892411141RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,122,381) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Federation For The Humanities And Social Sciences is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.1M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,819.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences: We organize Canada’s largest annual academic gathering for thousands of researchers graduate students policymakers and members of the public converge to exchange knowledge and engage in discussions about critical issues of our time. Awards to Scholarly Publications Program: We award approximately 15 grants each month to help authors publish and translate scholarly books in Canada. Selections are based on a rigorous independent merit- review process. Big Thinking: We organize and host virtual conversations with leading Canadian researchers …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $5.1M | $3.9M | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $4.7M | $4.6M | $2.7M | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4.4M | $2.5M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $4.5M | $2.9M | — | — | $6.2M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3.6M | $1.9M | — | — | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,819 from 2 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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Federation For The Humanities And Social Sciences’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892411141RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.