Science Media Centre of Canada / Centre Canadien Sciences et Medias
Publicly funded institution · Nepean, Ontario · BN 842484453RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($36,397) as filed with the CRA.
Science Media Centre of Canada / Centre Canadien Sciences et Medias is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $39K in revenue and $36K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $206.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Weekly newsletter for journalists with latest Canadian research 2. Science communications training workshops for Canadian scientists
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $39K | $36K | $34K | — | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $34K | $28K | $26K | — | — | $10K |
| 2022 | $4,840 | $23K | $20K | — | — | $3,594 |
| 2021 | $38K | $32K | $31K | — | — | $22K |
| 2020 | $29K | $21K | $29K | — | — | $16K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $206 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Nicholson (director); Kevin Keough (chair); Randalph Goebel (director); Jeanette Kopack (director); Paul Lewis (director); Miller Ayre (director); Donald Campbell; Kevin O'Brien-Fehr (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Science Media Centre of Canada / Centre Canadien Sciences et Medias’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842484453RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.