The de Veber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 118964915RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,394) as filed with the CRA.
The de Veber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $151K in revenue and $54K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 17% from government, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $86K in 2020 to $151K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The deveber institute for bioethics and social research conducts and disseminates research on topics connected to human life in its biological social and ethical dimensions. These topics are selected for study depending on emerging medical technological and social developments. In undertaking this work the institute believes that a sense of the inherent value and dignity of human life and of the human person as an end and not a means is a foundational perspective to bring to bear on its work. The institute's research may be original or may consist of reviews of existing literature. In each…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $151K | $54K | $50K | — | — | $146K |
| 2023 | $55K | $47K | $38K | — | — | $49K |
| 2022 | $50K | $37K | $32K | — | — | $40K |
| 2021 | $38K | $65K | $51K | — | — | $27K |
| 2020 | $86K | $59K | $48K | — | — | $67K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 5 charities:
- Sharelife$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,934
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$6,000
- The Sisters of St. Joseph for the Diocese of Toronto in Upper Canada$1,000
- Oxford County Right to Life Inc.$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$33K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Martha Crean (president); Robert Parke (vice president); Patricia Dolente-Matijczyk (treasurer); Keith Cassidy (director); Ian Gentles (director); Paul Zeni (director); Deborah Zeni (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The de Veber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118964915RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.