Canadian Whale Institute
Publicly funded institution · Welshpool, New Brunswick · BN 888800976RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($682,934) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Whale Institute is a charitable organization based in Welshpool, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $946K in revenue and $683K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Facilitate and support research conservation stewardship of north atlantic right whale.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $946K | $683K | $588K | — | — | $863K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $810K | $634K | — | — | $600K |
| 2022 | $837K | $775K | $546K | — | — | $358K |
| 2021 | $585K | $556K | $428K | — | — | $297K |
| 2020 | $689K | $589K | $437K | — | — | $267K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $19K from 6 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Kaia Sustainability Project$3,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$480
- ATCO Electric Epic$360
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$275
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$230
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$385K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Haney (chairperson); Sharon Bennett (director); Timothy Frasier (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Whale Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888800976RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.