The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 106884760RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($481,272,099) as filed with the CRA.
The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $554.6M in revenue and $481.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $321K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1,586 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The charity is a college of applied arts and technology operating primarily in scarborough ontario running various educational programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $554.6M | $481.3M | $452.6M | $1.2M | — | $373.1M |
| 2023 | $467.3M | $412.1M | $387.1M | $846K | — | $295.3M |
| 2022 | $344M | $351.4M | $335.1M | $804K | — | $242.5M |
| 2021 | $343M | $342.1M | $322.3M | $550K | — | $249.1M |
| 2020 | $391.1M | $362.6M | $339.1M | $614K | — | $246.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $321K from 11 charities:
- The Schulich Foundation$225K
- CIFFA Cares$40K
- Walker Wood Foundation$20K
- The Rotary Club of Scarborough Charitable Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,131
- Smart Serve Ontario$4,000
- Hamilton Community Foundation$3,000
- Kennedy House$2,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,680
- Canadahelps Canadon$129
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
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,586
- Total compensation, all staff$293.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Keri Bedeau (governor); Michelle Caine (governor); Michael Cooksey (governor); John Dynes (governor); Cecil Roach (governor); Muhammad Lila (governor); Heavenly Johnson (governor); Roselle Martino (governor); Alexandra Raphael (governor); Odessa Austin (governor); Craig Stephenson (governor); Beth Potter (governor); Yvonne Von Jena (governor); Laura Arndt.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106884760RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.