Rideau Hall Foundation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 848037248RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,884,187) as filed with the CRA.
Rideau Hall Foundation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $25.9M in revenue and $20.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 80 qualified donees totalling $8.6M in 2024, the largest being $520K to The University of New Brunswick. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.2M in 2020 to $25.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 27 names.
In its own words
The rideau hall foundation (rhf) is a regsitered national charity that brings together ideas people and resources to enhance the impact of the office of the governor general as a central institution of canadian democracy. Working towards a better canada the rhf's work spans four key programmatic areas and challenges for canada including: (1) learning initiatives that strive for excellence and promote equality of opportunity; (2) strengthening canada's culture of innovation (3) widening the circle of giving and volunteering; and (4) building and celebrating excellence in canadi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.9M | $20.9M | $10.2M | $808K | $9.8M | $63.5M |
| 2023 | $19.3M | $16.4M | $8.5M | $580K | $5.5M | $60.7M |
| 2022 | $11.7M | $13M | $11.2M | $627K | -$9,500 | $38M |
| 2021 | $11.4M | $7.4M | $4.1M | $345K | $1.8M | $37.7M |
| 2020 | $8.2M | $5.3M | $2.8M | $345K | $1.1M | $31.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $8.6M to 80 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The University of New Brunswick$520K
- Yukon University$500K
- University nuhelot'ine tthaiyots'i nistameymakânak Blue Quills$400K
- Seven Generations Education Institute$400K
- Indspire$358K
- GABRIEL DUMONT INSTITUTE OF NATIVE STUDIES AND APPLIED RESEARCH Inc.$320K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$319K
- University College of the North$314K
- Universities Canada Universités Canada$300K
- Pathways to Education Canada/Passeport pour ma réussite Canada$165K
- Young Entrepreneurs of Canada Association$160K
- Parkdale Food Centre$160K
- University of Saskatchewan$158K
- McGill University Health Centre$150K
- Carleton University$150K
- Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority$135K
- The Arctic Rose Foundation$135K
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$135K
- The Psychology Foundation of Canada$135K
- OrKidstra - Sistema Ottawa$135K
- Centre d'Innovation des Premiers Peuples / First Peoples Innovation Center$135K
- Calgary Quest Children's Society$135K
- The Black Business and Professional Association$135K
- University of Ottawa$124K
- The University of Western Ontario$124K
Received $6M from 19 charities:
- The Taylor Family Foundation$2.5M
- The Barrett Family Foundation$1.5M
- Community Foundations of Canada$400K
- RBC Foundation$300K
- Hewitt Foundation$250K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$200K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$200K
- The Waugh Family Foundation$200K
- The Robert Harding Foundation$100K
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$100K
- OCH Foundation for Healthy Communities/Fondation de Lco Pourdes communautés sainess$65K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- Abundance Canada$20K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$20K
- The Calgary Foundation$20K
- Four M Charitable Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,035
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,560
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zeba Ahmad (director); Rosalie Abella (director); Dominic Barton (director); James Baxter (director); Elizabeth Cannon (director); Anne-Marie Hubert (director); Roberta Jamieson (director); David Johnston (chair); Helene Laurendeau (director); V. Paul Lee (director); John Manley (director); John Montalbano (director); Louie Porta (director); Abdullah Snobar (director); Stephen Smith (director); Stephen Wallance (director); Janice Charette (vice-chair); Paul Davidson (director); Norie Camppbell (director); Malik Talib (director); Victoria Belbin (director); Yves Pelletier (director); Mark Cullen (director); Elizabeth Dowdeswell (director); Jean Charest (director); Annette Trimbee (director); Paul Genest (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rideau Hall Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848037248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.