International Development Research Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107511586RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($254,875,356) as filed with the CRA.
International Development Research Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $254.8M in revenue and $254.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5M.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 370 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Created by Parliament in 1970 IDRC has been committed in supporting research in developing countries undertaken by the people of those countries for their own development. IDRC has five areas of focus: Climate-Resilient Food Systems Global Health Education and Science Democratic and Inclusive Governance and Sustainable Inclusive Economies. The majority of IDRC's grants support developing country researchers often based in non-governmental organizations universities community groups and governments in poor countries. A small amount of IDRC grants support Canadians and others to assist …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $254.8M | $254.9M | $230.6M | — | — | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $231.9M | $245.2M | $220.9M | — | — | $17.4M |
| 2022 | $216.2M | $201.7M | $180.8M | — | — | $30.8M |
| 2021 | $203.1M | $204.7M | $187.8M | — | — | $16.3M |
| 2020 | $195.7M | $192M | $173.7M | — | — | $17.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $5M from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9995 positions
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions370
- Total compensation, all staff$50.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Please see attached form T1235.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Development Research Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107511586RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.