Institut National de la recherche scientifique
Publicly funded institution · Quebec, Quebec · BN 108161266RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($163,277,536) as filed with the CRA.
Institut National de la recherche scientifique is a charitable organization based in Quebec, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $164.9M in revenue and $163.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 418 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Activités de recherche scientifique et d'enseignement de 2e et 3e cycle
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $164.9M | $163.3M | $144.2M | — | — | $123.2M |
| 2023 | $173.1M | $153.9M | $138.3M | — | — | $121.1M |
| 2022 | $145.2M | $138.3M | $124.4M | — | — | $99.6M |
| 2021 | $151.6M | $131.4M | $118M | — | — | $92.8M |
| 2020 | $138.8M | $132.3M | $119.7M | — | — | $73M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,99919 positions
- $120,000–159,99912 positions
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- $40,000–79,99913 positions
- $1–39,99936 positions
- Permanent full-time positions418
- Total compensation, all staff$86.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sophie Duchesne; Andrée Blanchet; Amadou Diogo Barry; Cynthia Bélanger-Gendron; Richard Boudreault; Guillaume Côté; Mohamed Dhaouadi; Nancy Déziel; Luc-Alain Giraideau; Jean-Pierre Ouellet; Pascale Landry; Emily Sarah Kirby; Martin Larivée; Yves Mauffette; Marie-Pierre Ippersiel; Isabelle Boucher.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Institut National de la recherche scientifique’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108161266RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.