The Kenauk Institute
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 819128125RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($599,660) as filed with the CRA.
The Kenauk Institute is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $11.4M in revenue and $600K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.2M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 97% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $404K in 2020 to $11.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To advance education by conducting research into various topics of ecological importance and by publicly disseminating the results of such research to the public. - to establish and maintain a permanent wildlife and ecological education centre at kenauk to study climate change with a 100 year horizon - to advance education by establishing and operating a research centre to provide internships and summer programs to students - to identify maintain preserve and manage the natural features flora and fauna having unique or significant value on the kenauk properties -to do all such things…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.4M | $600K | $600K | — | — | $25.4M |
| 2023 | $9.2M | $532K | $532K | — | — | $14.6M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $352K | $352K | — | — | $5.9M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $257K | $257K | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $404K | $273K | $273K | — | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7.2M from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$295K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Douglas Harpur (president); Sara Lydiatt (director); Christian Messier (director); Atlaf Kassam (director); David Philipp (director); Patrick Pichette (director); Kyle Elliott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kenauk Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819128125RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.