Royal Roads University Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 881174528RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,746,831) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Roads University Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $4.1M in revenue and $3.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 78% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.4M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.1M in 2024, the largest being $3.1M to Royal Roads University. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The royal roads university foundation’s principle purpose is to raise funds to support royal roads university’s programs and initiatives. The foundation’s fundraising campaign is focused on three themes: academic innovation (including scholarships bursaries and research); heritage and preservation; and environmental and sustainability.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $3.7M | — | $561K | $3.1M | $14.1M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $3.4M | — | $510K | $2.8M | $11.5M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $1.3M | — | $494K | $657K | $13.1M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $2.1M | — | $428K | $1.5M | $11.9M |
| 2020 | $2M | $1.2M | — | $530K | $581K | $9.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $2.4M from 16 charities:
- Royal Roads University$992K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$411K
- Rethink Charity Foundation$408K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$255K
- The Victoria Foundation$129K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- Canadahelps Canadon$55K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$35K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$10K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$10K
- Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia$6,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$3,500
- Community Mediation Calgary Society$1,000
- Canada Gives$500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$471
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shannon Ostertag (associate vice president fin); Susan Gee (vice president); Veronica Thompson (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Roads University Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881174528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.