Concordia University of Edmonton
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 106966468RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($40,261,485) as filed with the CRA.
Concordia University of Edmonton is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 $50.4M in revenue and $40.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 201 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Inclusion Alberta Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Offer post-secondary undergraduate and graduate programs upgrading and distance learning programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50.4M | $40.3M | $28.4M | $147K | $10K | $62.8M |
| 2023 | $46.6M | $39.6M | $28.3M | $274K | $10K | $51.8M |
| 2022 | $42.8M | $37.2M | $26.6M | $181K | — | $44.8M |
| 2021 | $46.8M | $35.3M | $25.5M | $280K | — | $39.8M |
| 2020 | $43.5M | $35.7M | $24.6M | $402K | — | $23.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $20K from 11 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$5,716
- ST Peter's Lutheran Church$3,250
- The Edmonton Rotary Club Foundation$2,000
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$2,000
- Lutheran Church - Canada Financial Ministries$1,933
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,775
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$616
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Drayton Valley Community Foundation$479
- Prairie Bible Institute$360
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions201
- Total compensation, all staff$27.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Loreman (cue president); Shawna Bruce (associate member); Harpreet Kohli (associate member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Concordia University of Edmonton’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106966468RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.