Institute for Liberal Studies Inc.
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 835068123RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($421,403) as filed with the CRA.
Institute for Liberal Studies Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $410K in revenue and $421K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 79% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $257K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $57K in 2024, the largest being $15K to Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Educational events for students: freedom week: a five-day intellectual adventure. Participants explore the liberty and learn more about classical liberal ideas in economics philosophy law and public policy from a faculty of distinguished professors socratic seminars: provide small groups of students a weekend in discussion led by a professor with expertise in the subject. Campus seminars: free academic seminar series on subjects relating to liberty and freedom. Held on university campuses throughout canada. Fellowships in philosophy politics economics: mentorship and career advice t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $410K | $421K | $279K | $590 | $58K | $145K |
| 2023 | $371K | $382K | $278K | $1,316 | $37K | $156K |
| 2022 | $340K | $334K | $235K | $3,742 | $20K | $138K |
| 2021 | $381K | $344K | $217K | $3,029 | $43K | $133K |
| 2020 | $371K | $370K | $256K | $5,791 | $20K | $96K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $57K to 9 qualified donees:
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$15K
- The University of British Columbia$8,750
- Vancouver Island University$7,795
- Trinity Western University$5,500
- Concordia University-Universite Concordia$5,000
- Carleton University$5,000
- University of Guelph$4,000
- British Columbia Institute of Technology$3,995
- Simon Fraser University$2,000
Received $257K from 9 charities:
- The John Dobson Foundation$100K
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$50K
- Hunter Family Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- Beedie Foundation$20K
- Matt Campbell Family Foundation$6,000
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$4,000
- The BFMI Sesquicentennial Trust (2017)$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Jaworski (vice-chairman); Ken Dubien (chairman); Troy Lanigan (director); Amy Willis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Institute for Liberal Studies Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835068123RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.