First Nations University of Canada Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 119140192RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($29,023,379) as filed with the CRA.
First Nations University of Canada Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 $29.1M in revenue and $29M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 178 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The first nations university of canada is a first nations' controlled university-college which provides educational opportunities to both first nations and non-first nations university students selected from a provincial national and international base.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29.1M | $29M | $22M | — | — | $23.2M |
| 2023 | $27.5M | $26.1M | $19.3M | — | — | $23.2M |
| 2022 | $25.8M | $22.6M | $16.6M | — | — | $21.8M |
| 2021 | $24.3M | $20.3M | $15.1M | — | — | $18.7M |
| 2020 | $24.5M | $21.4M | $16.2M | — | — | $14.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2M from 9 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$1.8M
- Inspirit Foundation$100K
- Northern Legacy Foundation$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$8,336
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,025
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$5,000
- United Way of Regina$680
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions178
- Total compensation, all staff$17.1M
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 First Nations University of Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119140192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.