Code
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118834878RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($11,718,230) as filed with the CRA.
Code is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. 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 $11.6M in revenue and $11.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 60% from government, 20% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 19 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7M in 2020 to $11.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The primary objective of code is to support a network of partner organizations in developing countries to design deliver and evaluate quality literacy programs. An important component of our programs is the work of volunteers who work in country to strengthen the skills of educators especially primary school teachers and librarians.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.6M | $11.7M | $8.6M | $443K | — | $391K |
| 2023 | $10.3M | $10.2M | $8.5M | $385K | — | $551K |
| 2022 | $9.3M | $9.4M | $7.7M | $634K | — | $490K |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $3.9M | $606K | — | $579K |
| 2020 | $7M | $7M | $5M | $644K | — | $579K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.2M from 46 charities:
- The Code Foundation la Fondation Code$1.7M
- RJL Braydon Charitable Foundation$98K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- Canadahelps Canadon$58K
- The Flanagan Foundation$50K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$50K
- The David and Patricia Morton Family Foundation$25K
- Celtic Cross Charitable Foundation Trust$25K
- Cidel Foundation$17K
- Harrison-Cooper Foundation$15K
- The Bloodroot Fund$15K
- Bernhard Melitz Foundation$10K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,655
- Fondation Edward Assh$8,000
- Manitoba Council for International CO-Operation Inc.$7,567
- BenefAction Foundation$6,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,622
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$5,600
- Elm Foundation$5,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$4,600
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$4,046
- Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario Humanity Fund$4,000
- N.a. Taylor Foundation$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions19
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James V Hoffman (director); Robert Bruce Montador (chair); Nathalie O'Neil (director); Cathy Carlin (director); Jeff Kehoe (director); Pauline Port (director); Valerie Hussey (director); Asheer Sharman (director); Aliou Sow (director); Robert Tierney (director); Rachel O'Connor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Code’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118834878RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.