Dialogue sciences et politiques / Science & Policy Exchange
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 811058643RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,169) as filed with the CRA.
Dialogue sciences et politiques / Science & Policy Exchange is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $6,607 in revenue and $10K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Universite de Sherbrooke. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Spe continually runs a podcast featuring government and industry experts in science to speak on pertinent policy subjects and a blog contributed by volunteers. In addition research reports covering such as 'canada's pathway to net 0 emissions' and making progress in gender equity in stem' were recently published and in progress respectively.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,607 | $10K | $7,539 | — | $100 | — |
| 2023 | $6,051 | $7,225 | $4,539 | — | $300 | $33K |
| 2022 | $16K | $9,637 | $6,789 | — | — | $35K |
| 2021 | $23K | $18K | $17K | — | — | $29K |
| 2020 | $5,048 | $4,554 | $3,258 | — | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anh-Khoi Trinh (internal director); Eric Wootton (co-president); Cassandra Johannessen (co-president); Shawn McGuirk (external director); Julia Messina-Pacheco (internal director); Nicole Arbour (external director); Thuy Nguyen (treasurer); Jonathan Calballero (internal director); Tina Gruosso (external director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dialogue sciences et politiques / Science & Policy Exchange’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811058643RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.