Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119140150RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,105,267) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 $6.2M in revenue and $6.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $500K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $17K to University of Saskatchewan. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We run funding competitions that provide: 1. Grants to new university faculty members to start their health research programs; 2. Grants for advanced research training in health areas;; 3. Support for Researchers to exchange ideas and work in teams; 4. Funds to research groups working in priority health areas in Saskatchewan; 5. Partner with industry and federal tri-agencies to fund health research; and 6. Grants to develop collaborative innovation in research 7. Grants to support and facilitate the sharing of heath research knowledge in non-academic mediums
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.2M | $6.1M | $5.7M | — | $700 | $518K |
| 2023 | $5.8M | $6.1M | $5.7M | — | $3,150 | $422K |
| 2022 | $6.1M | $5.7M | $5.3M | — | $16K | $697K |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $5.3M | — | $4,900 | $248K |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $6.3M | $5.9M | — | $1,290 | $81K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 6 qualified donees:
- University of Saskatchewan$17K
- Saskatchewan Cancer Agency$1,500
- Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan$1,200
- Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research/fondation Canadienne de Recherche sur le Sida$400
- The Native Women's Association of Canada Fund$150
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$150
Received $500K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 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)
Jordan Dutchak (member); Danya Kordan (member); Jeffrey Wandzura (member); David Boehm (member); Madeline Press (member); Sheldon Brandt (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119140150RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.