Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 129462693RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,015,693) as filed with the CRA.
Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 15% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $214K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
To provide opportunities for the educational exchange for canadian and american scholars. To facilitate communications to foster better understanding between the two countries. The fulbright program offers grants through a competitive process to select individuals to lecture and/or research in the other country for a period of between three and nine months. The killam fellowships program provides undergraduate students with exchange opportunities. Eco-leadership program provides grants to fulbright grantees for environmental action in their community. Community leadership program provides opp…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $6M | $4M | $42K | — | $15.3M |
| 2023 | $5.6M | $5.8M | $3.6M | $27K | — | $14.8M |
| 2022 | $6.3M | $5.9M | $3.9M | $39K | — | $16.8M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $1.7M | $30K | — | $21.1M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.9M | $3M | $52K | — | $18.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $214K from 2 charities:
- Rose Foundation$180K
- Trent University$35K
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
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Cohen (ambassador); Christina Higgins (minister counsellor for public); Larry Grant (cfo coo and strategic executi); David Leebron (president); Jason Rowe (treasurer); Santo Ono (board chair); Malaika Serrano (vp for diversity equity incl); Jason Wingard (executive chairman); Laurie Patton (president of american academy); Wendell Pritchett (presidential professor of law); Kirsten Hillman (ambassador); Ajay Royan (managing general partner and f); Sonya Thissen (directer general); Sophie D'Amours (rector laval university); Penny Wilson (president); Bill Flanagan (preisdent and vice chair); Indira Naidoo-Harriss (associate vice-president of di); Lesley Brown (president and vice chancellor); Nathalie Dube (director general); Mark Beckles (vice president rbc (ret)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Foundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129462693RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.