Science North-Science Nord
Publicly funded institution · Sudbury, Ontario · BN 107962979RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,797,946) as filed with the CRA.
Science North-Science Nord is a charitable organization based in Sudbury, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $27.7M in revenue and $24.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $183K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 90 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Develop and construct educational science exhibits Develop and delivery educational science programs to the public children teachers and schools through the operation of two science centers including theaters traveling exhibits and programs workshops and exhibits.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.7M | $24.8M | $8.7M | $69K | — | $59.1M |
| 2023 | $33.7M | $27.7M | $12.4M | $117K | — | $56.2M |
| 2022 | $29.4M | $24.5M | $7.8M | $296K | — | $50.2M |
| 2021 | $19.6M | $20.1M | $6.9M | $291K | $189 | $45.3M |
| 2020 | $19.5M | $21.7M | $7.4M | $111K | $150 | $45.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $183K from 10 charities:
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$59K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres$18K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Sudbury Community Foundation$3,500
- Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundation$2,499
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$349
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions90
- Total compensation, all staff$10.9M
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 Science North-Science Nord’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107962979RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.