ST. Thomas University
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 108043282RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($43,679,672) as filed with the CRA.
ST. Thomas University is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 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 $41.6M in revenue and $43.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $327K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 176 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Provides educational programs in the liberal arts and humanities at the undergraduate level. Faculty conducts research in various disciplines and are involved in community service activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41.6M | $43.7M | $42M | $354K | — | $32.9M |
| 2023 | $41.5M | $42.4M | $40.6M | $310K | — | $35M |
| 2022 | $38.1M | $41.3M | $39.4M | $323K | — | $35.9M |
| 2021 | $38.2M | $39M | $37.3M | $303K | — | $39.1M |
| 2020 | $39.6M | $41.1M | $39.5M | $275K | — | $39.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $327K from 16 charities:
- Harrison McCain Foundation$228K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$28K
- The Orland and Lois (Gillis) Schaus Scholarship Foundation$24K
- Enactus Canada$12K
- Conam Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$5,905
- Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,609
- Fundy Community Foundation$2,800
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,580
- The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island Inc.$1,642
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$1,200
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$468
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$200
- Mobile Giving Foundation Canada$130
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
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions176
- Total compensation, all staff$28.1M
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 ST. Thomas University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108043282RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.