The Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 855716585RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,378,458) as filed with the CRA.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $4.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $995K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.4M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
1. Research and educational materials 2. Fundraising activities to ensure funding for programs including program applications and public relations events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.4M | $3.3M | $351K | — | $149K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $2.7M | $337K | — | $528K |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.6M | $309K | — | $525K |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $2.5M | $232K | — | $510K |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $2M | $239K | — | $511K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $995K from 23 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$164K
- Canadahelps Canadon$164K
- Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation$150K
- Larry And Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation$100K
- Hunter Family Foundation$100K
- The John Dobson Foundation$100K
- The 1988 Foundation$50K
- David Ash Family Foundation$25K
- Diamond Foundation$25K
- Future Generations Foundation$19K
- WCPD Foundation$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- Earle and Janice O'Born Family Foundation$10K
- The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation$10K
- THE IRA GLUSKIN AND MAXINE GRANOVSKY GLUSKIN CHARITABLE FOUNdation$10K
- Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Family Foundation$10K
- The Thor E and Nicole Eaton Family Charitable Foundation$10K
- Clench House Foundation$8,475
- Canada Gives$7,500
- The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,800
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,062
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$24
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brian Crowley (managing director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 855716585RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.