Royal Roads University

Royal Roads University is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $81.4M in revenue and $92.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.

Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3.3M.

Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 464 permanent full-time positions.

It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $992K to Royal Roads University Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.