George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 108082868RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($476,938,000) as filed with the CRA.
George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $496.3M in revenue and $476.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 1,534 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.8M in 2024, the largest being $1.8M to The George Brown College Foundation.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $496.3M | $476.9M | $367.4M | — | $1.8M | $355.8M |
| 2023 | $458.2M | $414.7M | $301.9M | — | $2.1M | $599.9M |
| 2022 | $385M | $379.2M | $271.8M | — | $1.3M | $553.1M |
| 2021 | $358.8M | $355.5M | $248.2M | — | $1.2M | $548.7M |
| 2020 | $420.4M | $405.5M | $298.9M | — | $1.2M | $543.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.8M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $3.7M from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,534
- Total compensation, all staff$290.1M
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 George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108082868RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.