Public Policy Forum Forum des politiques publiques
Public foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 844430009RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($6,868,121) as filed with the CRA.
Public Policy Forum Forum des politiques publiques is a public foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $6.3M in revenue and $6.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 31 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
The public policy forum builds bridges among diverse participants in the policy-making process and gives them a platform to examine issues offer new perspectives and feed fresh ideas into critical policy discussions. We believe good policy is critical to making a better canada-a county that's cohesive prosperous and secure. We contribute by: - conducting research on critical issues - convening roundtables to foster honest dialogue - recognizing exceptional leaders our approach - called inclusion to conclusion - brings emerging and established voices to policy conversations which inf…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.3M | $6.9M | $3.2M | $877K | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $6.5M | $6M | $4.8M | $701K | — | $3.2M |
| 2022 | $6M | $5.9M | $4.5M | $425K | — | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $5M | $3.7M | $365K | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $5M | $5M | $4.3M | $202K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions31
- Total compensation, all staff$4.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Axford; Phillipe Batani; Andre Beaulieu; Neil Desai (chair finance committee); Graham Flack; Christiane Fox; Ray Gilmour; Lisa Raitt; Jim Stanford; Nadia Theodore; Ilse Treurnicht (chair board); Blaine Woodcock; Cathy Bennett; Zabeen Hirji; Jeff Zweig; Victoria Lee; Alicia Dubois; Greg Orencsak; Gitane De Silva.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Public Policy Forum Forum des politiques publiques’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844430009RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.