IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 850309576RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,269,048) as filed with the CRA.
IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under research. 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 $10M in revenue and $9.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $921K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.9M in 2020 to $10M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Whole ecosystem experimentation and research performed on small lakes and watersheds.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10M | $9.3M | $7.9M | $197K | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $7.6M | $6M | $263K | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $4.5M | $3.6M | $100K | — | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4M | $3M | $140K | $52K | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $4.9M | $4.5M | $3.5M | $171K | — | $2.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $921K from 12 charities:
- RBC Foundation$700K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$121K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$40K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Walter and Duncan Gordon Charitable Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,870
- Abundance Canada$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$625
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$20
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Cairns (director); Andrea Moffat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850309576RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.