Memorial University of Newfoundland
Publicly funded institution · ST Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 107690273RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($690,481,242) as filed with the CRA.
Memorial University of Newfoundland is a charitable organization based in ST Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $671.1M in revenue and $690.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.1M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3,182 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Memorial university is an inclusive community dedicated to innovation and excellence in teaching research scholarships creative activity seervices and public engagement. Memorial welcomes and supports students and scholars from all over the world and contributes knowledge and expertise locally nationally and internationally.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $671.1M | $690.5M | $571.3M | $3.1M | — | -$59.7M |
| 2023 | $647.7M | $641.5M | $522.2M | $2.9M | — | -$60.7M |
| 2022 | $633.5M | $620.4M | $505.3M | $2.8M | — | -$28.6M |
| 2021 | $550.8M | $554.7M | $417.4M | $2.2M | — | -$46.3M |
| 2020 | $609.4M | $595.5M | $478.2M | $2.3M | — | -$67M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4.1M from 48 charities:
- The Joyce Family Foundation$1.3M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$469K
- Basil Dobbin Family Foundation Inc.$392K
- Canadian Cancer Society$322K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$250K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$220K
- Actua$149K
- Aqueduct Foundation$103K
- Cancer Research Society$89K
- Brain Canada Foundation$86K
- Ceric$79K
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$75K
- The Terry & Marion Poole Foundation$74K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$73K
- DR. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CARE Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$70K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$66K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$60K
- The Chartered Professional Accountants Education Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$50K
- Enactus Canada$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada$28K
- The H. John McDonald Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$14K
- Friends of MUN Botanical Garden Inc.$13K
- Statistical Society of Canada/Société statistique du Canada$12K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over3 positions
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3,182
- Total compensation, all staff$433.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Justin Ladha; Earl Ludlow; Neil Bose (president and vice-chancellor…); Jennifer Lokash (provost and vice-president (…); Leigh Borden; Bob Hallett; Carter McNelly; Brendan Mitchell; Trudy Mrogan-Cole; Nathalie Pender; Tim Powers; Luke Tibeau; Lynn Zurel.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Memorial University of Newfoundland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107690273RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.