Ignatius Jesuit Centre
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 118966373RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,979,651) as filed with the CRA.
Ignatius Jesuit Centre is a charitable organization based in Guelph, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $150K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The ignatius jesuit centre cultivates spiritual growth and ecological engagement welcoming a global community of people who seek to integrate their inner and outer life with all creation. We provide programs that foster an ecological way of life for the healing of the world; nurture a deeper spirituality in people leading to inner freedom; promote the production of local sustainable food; provide a welcoming space for individual & communal discernment and education. The ignatius old growth forest project is a 500 year ecological and educational restoration initiative to protect 94 acres …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $3M | $2M | $37K | — | $3M |
| 2023 | $3.4M | $2.8M | $1.9M | $34K | — | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $1.7M | $59K | $1,512 | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.6M | $1.7M | $51K | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $1.7M | $52K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $150K from 12 charities:
- The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario$50K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$35K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,101
- Mississauga Foundation$6,200
- Link Charity Canada Inc$5,725
- Sisters of Service of Canada$5,000
- Morrison Family Foundation$500
- Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario$400
- Our Lady's Missionaries$250
- Society of the Sacred Heart (canada) /societe du Sacre-Coeur(canada)—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Minh Le (like official); Rodney Bell (like official); Hilary Jenkins (like official); Jacqueline Koster (like official); Vesna Nikolic (vice-president chair); Doug McLachlan (like official); Dan Leckman (like official); Pat McCann (treasurer); Paul Panaretos (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ignatius Jesuit Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118966373RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.