ST. Jerome's University
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 108162280RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($24,125,811) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Jerome's University is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $22.6M in revenue and $24.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
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 $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 80 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 20 names.
In its own words
Student scholarships student support student programming
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.6M | $24.1M | $9.9M | $202K | $3,031 | $46.4M |
| 2023 | $21.5M | $23.1M | $12.1M | $182K | $2,978 | $47.5M |
| 2022 | $19M | $21.5M | $9.3M | $220K | — | $48.7M |
| 2021 | $17.3M | $19.7M | $9M | $219K | — | $50.4M |
| 2020 | $20.2M | $21.4M | $10.6M | $208K | — | $50.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $43K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions80
- Total compensation, all staff$12.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Garaffa (governor); Matthew Bondy (governor); Justin Heimpel (governor); Tim Uniac (governor); Tamara Nugent (governor); Norm Klassen (faculty member & governor); Alayna Woodley (governor); Alan Rego (governor); Carol Ann Macgregor (vice president & governor); Bruce Rodrigues (chancellor & governor); Andrew Deman (faculty member & governor); Melissa Carvalhal (staff member & governor); Cheri Chevalier (governor); Michael Pautler (governor); Michael Braga (governor); Peter Meehan (president & governor); Anne Jamieson (governor); Saphron Moule (exec director finance & admin); Deron Waldock (governor); Karen Radcliffe (director finance & accounting).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from ST. Jerome's University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108162280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.