Global Centre for Pluralism/centre Mondial du Pluralisme
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 857802409RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,747,906) as filed with the CRA.
Global Centre for Pluralism/centre Mondial du Pluralisme is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $10.1M in revenue and $6.7M in expenditures.
In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $10.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent charitable organization founded by His late Highness the Aga Khan IV and the Government of Canada. The Centre works with policy leaders educators and community builders around the world to amplify and implement the transformative power of pluralism. It is headquartered in Ottawa Canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.1M | $6.7M | $4.5M | — | — | $99.7M |
| 2023 | $9.2M | $7.3M | $5.1M | — | — | $96.3M |
| 2022 | -$1.4M | $6.7M | $4.6M | — | — | $94.4M |
| 2021 | $11.1M | $6.5M | $4.5M | — | — | $102.6M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $5.6M | $3.5M | — | — | $98M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 3 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
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shah Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan (chair); Zahra Aga Khan (director); Adrienne Clarkson (director); Huguette Labelle (director); Azim Nanji (director); Khalil Shariff (director); Marty Natalegawa (director); James Irungu Mwangi (director); Mike DeGagné (director); Rohinton Medhora (director); Kim Ghattas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Global Centre for Pluralism/centre Mondial du Pluralisme’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857802409RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.