Parliamentary Centre
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107817082RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,430,458) as filed with the CRA.
Parliamentary Centre is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,460.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
The Parliamentary Centre is a Canadian not-for-profit non-partisan organization that supports parliaments around the world. Our assessment strategic planning and training programs combined with research products and networking channels help legislatures measure their performance build capacity tackle key issues and promote mutual learning. In short – we help legislatures better serve their people. Parliamentary Centre programing activities include training and advisory services to Parliaments and their staff regarding good government and Parliamentary capacity building in areas such as p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.9M | — | — | $41K |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $0 | — | -$29K |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4M | $3.5M | — | — | -$11K |
| 2021 | $5.1M | $5.2M | $4.7M | — | — | $87K |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $4,644 | $4M | — | — | $48K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,460 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yaroslav Baran (chair vice-chair); Jennifer Brooy (treasurer); Élisabeth Châtillon (secretary); Phedely Ariste (director); Graham Fox (director); Farhaan Ladhani (director); Lori Turnbull (director); Kerry Buck (director); Anne McGrath (director); Marci Surkes (director); Jaime Pitfield (director vice chair); Camille Therriault-Power (secretary); Heather Bradley (director); Peter Oberle (director); Rebecca Murray (director); Marc Bosc (director); Jill Sinclair (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parliamentary Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107817082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.