The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107567398RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,915,763) as filed with the CRA.
The Kidney Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $34.7M in revenue and $34.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations. In 2024, 239 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 124 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $3.5M in 2024, the largest being $348K to University Health Network. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 21 names.
In its own words
The kidney foundation of canada is a national volunteer organization committed to reducing the burden of kidney disease through funding and stimulating innovative research; providing education and support; promoting access to high quality health care and increasing public awareness and commitment to advancing kidney health and organ donation./ la fondation canadienne du rein est l'organisme national bénévole dont l'objectif est d'alléger le fardeau que représentent les maladles rénales en financant et en favorisant des recherches innovatrices; en offrant des programmes éducatifs et de soutien…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34.7M | $34.9M | $12.4M | $14.2M | $3.5M | $25.2M |
| 2023 | $33.2M | $32.4M | $11.7M | $13M | $3.3M | $25.4M |
| 2022 | $24.7M | $26.3M | $9.1M | $9.7M | $3.7M | $24.5M |
| 2021 | $29.3M | $24.9M | $8.4M | $9.4M | $3.1M | $26.1M |
| 2020 | $26.1M | $23.6M | $9.1M | $8.8M | $2M | $21.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.5M to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- University Health Network$348K
- L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$324K
- McMaster University$312K
- The University of British Columbia$305K
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/Institut de recherche de l'hopital d'Ottawa$285K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$265K
- ST. Michael's and Providence Foundation$220K
- The Governors of The University of Calgary$213K
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociauxde l'Est-de-L'Île-de-Montréal$205K
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$190K
- Université Laval$119K
- The Hospital for Sick Children$102K
- University of Saskatchewan$60K
- Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning$60K
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal$58K
- University of Ottawa$55K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$51K
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$50K
- The University of Western Ontario$50K
- Women's College Hospital$46K
- Queen's University at Kingston$45K
- The University of Manitoba$33K
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine$30K
- University of Guelph$30K
- The Broad Institute Inc. (foreign-Usa)$28K
Received $2M from 239 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$238K
- Vancouver Foundation$167K
- Healthpartners Canada$128K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$113K
- Canadahelps Canadon$113K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$104K
- Healthpartners Canada$86K
- Federated Health Charities Corporation$61K
- The Calgary Foundation$59K
- Jacqui Cohen Family Foundation$50K
- Aqueduct Foundation$46K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$37K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$37K
- Margaret Rothweiler Charitable Foundation$35K
- Canada Gives$28K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$25K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$23K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$23K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$22K
- BenefAction Foundation$22K
- William S. Herron Family Charitable Foundation$20K
- Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation$15K
- The Windsor Foundation$15K
- Olympia Charitable Foundation$14K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions124
- Total compensation, all staff$112.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kurtis Krug (national president); Sylvie Charbonneau (immediate past president); Varun DR. Dev (national director); Annora Gilliam (national vice president); Elaine Andrews (national director); Vince Andrews (national vice president); Ferdinand Tchounkeu (national director); Gilles Levasseur (national secretary); Alex Kolodkin (national director); Trionne Phillips (national director); Rahil Dattu (national director); Kendra McPherson (national director); Michael Sheppard (national director); Donn Pirie (national director); Glen Powers (national director); Mohammed Samih Denny (national director); Cindy Pope (national director); Sofia Kamran (national director); Leonard Blocka (national director); Patrice Waché (national director); Mary-Pat Shaw (national director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107567398RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.