Royal Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107935991RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,494,102) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $171K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024.
In its own words
Royal society of canada is the national body of distinguished canadian scholars that have the primary objective to promote learning and research on the arts humanities social sciences and sciences. The rsc administers awards in recognition of outstanding achievement.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $1.7M | $15K | — | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | — | — | $8.5M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.6M | — | — | — | -$882K |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $5.7M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.9M | $707K | — | — | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $171K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$789K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107935991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.