College Dawson
Publicly funded institution · Westmount, Quebec · BN 125752147RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($125,704,294) as filed with the CRA.
College Dawson is a charitable organization based in Westmount, Quebec, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $128M in revenue and $125.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $114K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 761 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Fondation du Collège Dawson Dawson College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
1. Educational programs at the collegiate level (d.e.c) 2 year pre-university or 3 year technical program 2. Disbursement of awards and scholarships 3.financing of special reserach project.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $128M | $125.7M | $111.3M | — | $12K | $39.7M |
| 2023 | $121.3M | $120.6M | $106.2M | — | — | $37.7M |
| 2022 | $117.8M | $117.2M | $102.8M | — | — | $37.5M |
| 2021 | $112.9M | $111.1M | $99M | — | $3,800 | $37.3M |
| 2020 | $107.9M | $106.4M | $94.8M | — | $2,397 | $36M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $114K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions761
- Total compensation, all staff$96.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Diane Gauvin (director general ex officio); Palagia Nickoletopoulos (member-school commission rep); Karina D'Ermo (member -support staff); Leanne Bennett (member -academic dean (ex off); Emilie Richer (member faculty); Stephane Beaudet (member - labour market partn); Angie Gugliotti (member-parent); Sean Smith (chair); Steve Hatajlo (vice-chair enterprise represen); Luis Dieppa-Perez (member-professionals); Linda Campione (member-parent); Linda Kocur (member-technology program); Xuan Dupuis (member-technology student); Ken Oledan (member-pre university studen); Paul Hawkins (member-faculty).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from College Dawson’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 125752147RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.