The Centre for International Governance Innovation
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 890963416RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,542,029) as filed with the CRA.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $11.8M in revenue and $12.5M in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $53.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.9M in 2020 to $11.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The centre for international governance innovation (cigi) is an independent nonpartisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distringuished academics cigi supports research forms networks advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Cigi's interdisiplinary work includes collaboration with policy business and academic communities around the world.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.8M | $12.5M | $9.4M | — | — | $161.4M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $10.8M | $7.9M | — | — | $162.1M |
| 2022 | $669K | $10.4M | $7.3M | — | — | $164.7M |
| 2021 | $16.2M | $9.7M | $7M | — | — | $174.5M |
| 2020 | $6.9M | $11.9M | $7.5M | — | — | $168M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $53 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$6.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Balsillie (chairman); Scott Burk (treasurer); Maureen O'Neill (director); Melissa Hathaway (director); Elissa Golberg (director); Alison Loat (director); Alison Gillwald (director); Roopa Purushothaman (director); Partick Halley (director); Anil Arora (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Centre for International Governance Innovation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890963416RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.