La Corporation de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Publicly funded institution · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107585226RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($330,929,672) as filed with the CRA.
La Corporation de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $345M in revenue and $330.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 1,279 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $950K in 2024, the largest being $950K to Fondation et Alumni de Polytechnique Montreal. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Université d'ingénierie distribution de bourses d'études aux étudiants développement de la recherche dans le domaine du génie projets de développement international dans le domaine du génie
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $345M | $330.9M | $304.1M | — | $950K | $15.1M |
| 2023 | $318.3M | $304.8M | $273.4M | — | $950K | $7M |
| 2022 | $304.7M | $291.1M | $263.2M | — | $650K | -$17.2M |
| 2021 | $276.9M | $277.9M | $253.3M | — | — | -$23.1M |
| 2020 | $266.2M | $261.9M | $233.7M | — | $650K | -$89M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $950K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $5.6M from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,279
- Total compensation, all staff$189.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Lassonde (principal et président); Daniel Jutras (recteur de l'udem); Michèle Prévost (administrateur); Michel Dagenais (administrateur); Sébastien Le Digabel (administrateur); Jean-François Lévesque (administrateur); Hélène Séguinotte (administrateur); Denis Tremblay (administrateur); Diane Wilhelmy (administrateur); Annick Paquette (secrétaire-officier); Serge Striganuk (trésorier-officier); Alice Lemieux-Bourque (administratrice); Maud Cohen (vice-présidente).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from La Corporation de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107585226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.