Nipissing University
Publicly funded institution · North Bay, Ontario · BN 119058154RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($92,191,000) as filed with the CRA.
Nipissing University is a charitable organization based in North Bay, Ontario, 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 $95.7M in revenue and $92.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 421 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
Nipissing university is a canadian university which provides undergraduate programs in liberal arts science. Business and undergraduate and graduate programs in educaiton. Nipissing university aspires to provide an environment commited to the ideals of free inquiry and expression.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $95.7M | $92.2M | $85.3M | — | — | $20.4M |
| 2023 | $88.8M | $87.1M | $79.6M | — | — | $16.2M |
| 2022 | $80.6M | $85.1M | $78.8M | — | — | $14.5M |
| 2021 | $76.2M | $80.2M | $73.8M | — | — | $16.1M |
| 2020 | $82.8M | $84.7M | $79.4M | — | — | $19.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 10 charities:
- The Joyce Family Foundation$1.5M
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$25K
- Actua$9,163
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$3,043
- Canadian Federation of University Women of North Bay Scholarship and Bursary Fund Organization Trust$2,500
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
- The Rotary Club of North Bay Ontario Canada Inc.$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$640
- Community Foundation of Campbellford/seymour and Northumberland$300
- Canadahelps Canadon$72
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions421
- Total compensation, all staff$61.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Veronica Afonso (board member); Marianne Berube (board chair); Patricia Carr (board member); Paul Cook (chancellor); Em Cooke (board member); Fran Couchie (board member); John C. D'Agostino (board member); Stacie Fiddler (board member); Judith Koziol (board member); Jamie Lowery (board member); Alisher Mansurov (board member); Riley McEntee (board member); James Murton (board member); Jonathan Muterera (board member); Joe Sinicrope (board member); Judy-Ann Smith (board member); David Smits (board member); Maurice Switzer (board member); Kevin Wamsley (board member); Kathy Wilcox (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nipissing University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119058154RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.