Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement
Publicly funded institution · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 862808615RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,652,442) as filed with the CRA.
Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement 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 November 30, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $832K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 34 qualified donees totalling $1.6M in 2024, the largest being $142K to Vision Us.
In its own words
Conducting seminars and conferences for community organizations on community building and leadership with the aim of eliminating poverty within their communities. Acting as a catalyst to provide a national focus of interest for the betterment of communities. Conducting training for community builders.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.7M | $5.9M | — | $1.6M | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $12.4M | $11.9M | $11.7M | — | $5.7M | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $12.1M | $11.7M | $11.4M | — | $6.7M | $4.2M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $6.4M | $6.2M | — | $3.2M | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $6.4M | $5.4M | $5.2M | — | $2.8M | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.6M to 34 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Vision Us$142K
- Boys and Girls Club of Yukon$111K
- West Flat Citizens Group Inc$101K
- Social Planning Council Oxford$101K
- Prince Edward Learning Centre$101K
- Chippewas of the Thames First Nation$101K
- YMCA of Western NL$89K
- The Regroupement lavallois pour la réussite éducative s$89K
- Kahnawà:ke s Economic Development Commission and$89K
- Chilliwack Community Services$89K
- Accueil aux immigrants de l est de Montréal$89K
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick$88K
- Future North$86K
- United Way Regina$58K
- United Way Winnipeg$41K
- Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre$41K
- Greater Trail Community Skills Centre Society$41K
- Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District$40K
- Home Base YK / Makerspace YK$26K
- Portage la Prairie Community Revitalization Corporation$16K
- Inspiring Communities Network$16K
- Indian Bay Ecosystem Corporation$10K
- Aboriginal Housing Management Association$10K
- Innoweave Makeway Charitable Society$5,000
- First St. Andrew's United Church$5,000
Received $832K from 15 charities:
- The Samuel Family Foundation$225K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$115K
- Vancouver Foundation$110K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$97K
- Fondation Écho /echo Foundation$60K
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$53K
- The Catherine Donnelly Foundation$34K
- United Way of Canada$30K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$17K
- Gary Whitelaw and Linda Mollenhauer Foundation$15K
- Toronto Foundation$15K
- Corporation of the Sisters of ST Martha—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$4.6M
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 Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862808615RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.