Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 107797250RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($110,125,435) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $112.9M in revenue and $110.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from government. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 454 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 30 names.
In its own words
Scholarship fund - awarded to students based on scholastic merit bursary fund - awarded to students based on financial need capital fund - monies used for capital renovation and acquisition of furniture & equipment operating fund - monies used to support the education mission of the charity research fund - monies used to further art & design research
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $112.9M | $110.1M | $77.7M | $1.4M | — | $58.2M |
| 2023 | $106.6M | $100.7M | $72M | $1.2M | — | $53.1M |
| 2022 | $97.7M | $91.4M | $64.4M | $1.2M | — | $47.5M |
| 2021 | $97.6M | $90.9M | $63.7M | $1.6M | — | $41.3M |
| 2020 | $105M | $90.5M | $65.2M | $1.4M | — | $31.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 30 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$401K
- The Slaight Family Foundation$250K
- Judy and Wilmot Matthews Foundation$200K
- The Atkinson Charitable Foundation$60K
- The Dalglish Family Foundation$46K
- The George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation$40K
- The Azrieli Foundation$40K
- Inspirit Foundation$25K
- Sheila and Paul Martin Family Foundation$25K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$24K
- The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation$18K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- Klass Foundation$8,000
- Roman and Mary Schneider Foundation (under the Will of Mary Schneider)$6,566
- Inspirit Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$4,827
- The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation$3,000
- The Biggar-Hedges Foundation$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,500
- Emerald Foundation$2,000
- The Leonard Foundation$1,731
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$1,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,190
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
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions454
- Total compensation, all staff$69.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Binet (vice-chair); Ana Serrano (president); Tonya Bowes (secretary); David Belous (director); David Binet (director); David Forestell (director); Lalit Guglani (director); Brenda Hogan (director); Jarret Leaman (director); Jamie Watt (director); Ana Serrano (director); Mohsen Mortada (director); Brenda Hogan (chair); Mohsen Mortada (vice-chair); Elizabeth Dipchand (director); Alea Drain (director); Julian Goss (director); Roma Khanna (director); Gail Lee (director); Hillary Marshall (director); Kevin Reid-Morris (director); Heather Robson (director); Colleen Baldwin (director); Mark Hanrahan (director); Gary Hunt (director); Abel Juarez Escobar (director); Lucy Song (director); Virginia Trieloff (director); Luciana Da Silva (director); Lanita Layton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario College of Art & Design University Universite de l'Ecole d'Art et de Design de l'Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107797250RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.