College of the North Atlantic
Publicly funded institution · Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 106954019RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($152,567,478) as filed with the CRA.
College of the North Atlantic is a charitable organization based in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $141.4M in revenue and $152.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $660K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,516 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
College of the north atlantic (cna) provides courses and programs to meet training needs for individuals and the province of nl. Cns is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centers in atlantic canada offering more than 100 full-time diploma post-diploma advanced diploma and certificate programs through its five schools of: academics applied arts and tourism; business and information technology; engineering technology; health sciences; and natural resources and industrial trdes. In addition cna serves apprentices in the skilled trades by providing block train…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $141.4M | $152.6M | $136.1M | $208K | — | $6.2M |
| 2023 | $133.8M | $143.1M | $126.6M | $208K | — | $17.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $660K from 12 charities:
- CWB Welding Foundation$412K
- RBC Foundation$135K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$60K
- Walker Wood Foundation$20K
- The Calgary Foundation$10K
- Enactus Canada$7,919
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$4,000
- Vocm Cares$2,500
- The O'Neill Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Canadian Institute for Non-Destructive Evaluation$1,000
- The Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,516
- Total compensation, all staff$116.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Bond (board member); Mark Bradbury (board member); Deidre Dunne (avp human resources); Allan Hawkins (board member); Kevin Kelly (board member); Elizabeth Kidd (president & ceo); Kenneth Martin (board member); J. Annette Morey (vp finance&administatio); Christopher Newhook (board member); Tanya Noseworthy (asst. deputy minister); Fergus O'Brien (avp campus operation); Geoffrey Peters (general counsel); Dorothy Pye-Johnson (board member); Jill Quilty (board member); Charles Randell (board member); Donna Rideout (board member); Heidi Staeben-Simmons (vp public affairs & adv); Sam Synard (board member); Elizabeth Vincent (avp international); Danielle Williston (board member (student)); Shirley Woodward (avp student services).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from College of the North Atlantic’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106954019RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.