Canadian Political Science Association - Association Canadienne de Science Politique
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118835289RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,481,781) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Political Science Association - Association Canadienne de Science Politique 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 $1.9M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
* publishes the canadian journal of political science * holds an annual conference on political science research * cpsa women's caucus to provide support mentoring and networking * cpsa graduate students caucus * awards travel grants to young scholarrs * manages a part-time student internship in communications * manages the cpsa twitters account website the ebulletin praxis the cpsa career blog eletronic communications with members including the polcan2 newsletter * manages two national internship programmes - the parliamentary internship programme and the ontario legislature inte…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $601K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $744K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.4M | $586K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $417K | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $725K | — | — | $924K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
- Fondation Desjardins$11K
- BenefAction Foundation$2,750
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,786
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$666K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nikola Brassard-Dion (director); Jorg Broschek (secretary-treasurer); Erin Crandall (director); Anne-Marie D'Aoust (director); Nicole De Silva (director); Genevieve Fuji Johnson (president); Megan Gaucher (director); Amy Janzwood (director); André Lecours (past president); Rebecca Major (director); Jonathan Malloy (vice president); Heather Millar (director); Tracey Raney (director); Julia Rodgers (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Political Science Association - Association Canadienne de Science Politique’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118835289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.