Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 879827913RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,491,315) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Global Affairs Institute is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 23% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $292K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We retain a large cohort of fellows and advisoors that help ncreate content such a research and policy papers policy briefs and updates. We also hold several speaker series events roudtables and conferences annually. We have an ever-expanding presence on all social media platforms and we release weekly newsletters and several weekly podcasts including one focused on energy security
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $713K | $432K | — | -$249K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $565K | $424K | — | -$388K |
| 2022 | $843K | $1M | $586K | $276K | — | -$347K |
| 2021 | $931K | $914K | $529K | $249K | — | -$177K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $616K | $248K | — | -$194K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $292K from 11 charities:
- The Brawn Family Foundation.$115K
- Carthy Foundation$111K
- The Calgary Foundation$26K
- The Rennie Foundation$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- Viewpoint Foundation$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,000
- ZLC Foundation$2,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$80
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$444K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Wild (director); Craig Stewart (director); David Perry (ceo director); Laura Dawson (director); Kelly Ogle (managing director); Gillian McCormack (director); Barry Munro (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Global Affairs Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 879827913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.