Research Manitoba
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 107660193RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,375,395) as filed with the CRA.
Research Manitoba is a private foundation based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under foundations. 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 $14.4M in revenue and $14.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 23 grantmaking institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1) operating grants 2) fellowship awards 3) manitoba research chairs 4) stratgey for patient oriented resarch (spor) funding awards 5) canadian foundation for innovation awards 6) manitoba centres for excellence awards 7) mitacs awards 8) research improvements through harmonization in manitoba (rithim)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.4M | $14.4M | $13.4M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $12.1M | $12.1M | $11.1M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $12.2M | $12.2M | $11.3M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $12.6M | $12.6M | $11.6M | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $12.6M | $12.6M | $11.7M | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrea Legary (chair 2020-09-19 to curren); Jason Leibert (appointed member); Luis Escobar (appointed member); Hani El-Gabalawy (appointed member); Athar Ata (appointed member); Erin Romeo (appointed member); Peter Nickerson (appointed member); Brian Pinto (appointed member); Sri Navaratnam (appointed member); Jean-Eric Ghia (ex-officio); Jan Forster (ex-officio).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Research Manitoba’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107660193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.