Conference of Defence Associations Institute
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118872100RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,194,951) as filed with the CRA.
Conference of Defence Associations Institute is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $481K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024.
In its own words
The CDA Institute is an independent non-partisan non public corporation with the mission to advance informed debate on National Security issues particularly those that pertain to National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Conducting research publishing analysis hosting fora with multi-partite stakeholders and delivering educational programmes the CDA Institute promotes dialogue knowledge and understanding of Canadian national security defence policy and foreign policy. The flagship initiatives of the organization include but are not limited to the Ottawa Conference on Security …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $648K | — | — | $469K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $951K | — | — | $418K |
| 2022 | $714K | $654K | $458K | — | $0 | $391K |
| 2021 | $593K | $466K | $317K | $102K | — | $331K |
| 2020 | $481K | $476K | $57K | $148K | — | $204K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$721K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Conference of Defence Associations Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118872100RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.