The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 133376996RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $13.6M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $105K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation conduct research evaluation and demonstration projects in the social policy fields. Its mission is to help policymakers and practitioners identify social policies and programs that improve the well-being of all Canadians with a special concern for the effect on the disadvantaged and to raise the standards of evidence used in assessing these policies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.6M | $12.1M | — | — | — | $8.7M |
| 2023 | $18.5M | $16.2M | — | — | — | $7.3M |
| 2022 | $14.4M | $12.8M | — | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $14.1M | $12.6M | — | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2020 | $10.5M | $9.5M | — | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105K from 1 charity:
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
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$7.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Wagner (chairman); Gordon Berlin (board member); Erica Di Ruggiero (board member); Aubry Tim (board member); Brink Satya (board member); Raymold Nancy (board member); Renée Lyons (board member); Andrew Parkin (board member); Elizabeth Rodgers (officer/corporate secretary); David Gyarmati (officer/president & ceo); Marie-Lison Fougère (board member); Gary Birch (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133376996RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.