The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
Publicly funded institution · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 106966427RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($97,588,742) as filed with the CRA.
The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $111.3M in revenue and $97.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $545K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 403 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Ongoing operation of a community college and fundraising for scholar funds and academic programming for the college's students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $111.3M | $97.6M | $60.3M | $606K | — | $75M |
| 2023 | $108.6M | $96.6M | $58.6M | $556K | — | $60.1M |
| 2022 | $88.1M | $86.3M | $54.5M | $397K | — | $49.7M |
| 2021 | $86.3M | $80.6M | $50.9M | $416K | — | $47.2M |
| 2020 | $90.3M | $85.5M | $53.7M | $321K | — | $39.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $545K from 12 charities:
- The Margaret Anderson Foundation$350K
- RBC Foundation$125K
- The Masonic Foundation of Ontario$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Carole and George Fletcher Foundation$7,000
- Raag-Rung Music Circle$6,000
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,400
- F. K. Morrow Foundation$5,000
- The Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology Emptechnology Employees Trust$4,780
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,369
- The Silver Hotel Group Ruparell Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Thunder Bay$1,000
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
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions403
- Total compensation, all staff$61.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kimberly Smith (governor); Kathleen Lynch (president); Daryl Skworchinski (vice chair); Tesa Fiddler (governer-neegahnweewinapp); Chris Heikkinen (governor); Tracie Smith (governor); Katy Commisso (governor); Gavin Hemeon (governer-faculty appointee); Michelle Salo (treasurer); Matt Dupuis (governor); Edmond Collins (2nd vice chair); Eveline O'Flaherty (governor); Dave Paxton (governor); Shane Strickland (governor-administrative appoin); Geoffrey Gillon (vice chair); Kim Vares (governor); Grace Filice (governer- support staff appoin).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Confederation 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 106966427RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.