The University of Lethbridge
Publicly funded institution · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 119279248RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($214,092,673) as filed with the CRA.
The University of Lethbridge is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $221.4M in revenue and $214.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 996 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge.
In its own words
The University of Lethbridge educates at a post-secondary level in both Lethbridge and Calgary at undergraduate and graduate levels. The University conducts research in the Faculty of Arts and Science Business Fine Arts Education Health Sciences and Graduate Studies. The University provides scholarships and bursaries to qualified students. The University's activities and achievements can be found on the web at www.uleth.ca.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $221.4M | $214.1M | $161.5M | $1.6M | $100 | $313.5M |
| 2023 | $217.9M | $208.8M | $155.1M | $1.3M | $3,000 | $279.6M |
| 2022 | $224.5M | $202.4M | $150.1M | $1.3M | $3,453 | $278.6M |
| 2021 | $205M | $205.9M | $150.9M | $1.1M | $5,053 | $275.2M |
| 2020 | $226.4M | $225.3M | $168.8M | $2.7M | $4,700 | $236.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $8.3M from 25 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$6M
- The Flanagan Foundation$1.3M
- Actua$269K
- Cpa Education Foundation$141K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$87K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$81K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$70K
- Alberta Conservation Association$63K
- The Brandon Area Community Foundation Inc.$50K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$45K
- Simpson-Markinch Charitable Foundation$30K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$26K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- The Calgary Foundation$23K
- Western Grains Research Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,600
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$7,500
- MitoCanada Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$4,662
- Calgary Flames Foundation$3,000
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Education$3,000
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$1,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,120
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$1,060
- Calgary Health Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over5 positions
- $300,000–349,9994 positions
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions996
- Total compensation, all staff$141.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The University of Lethbridge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119279248RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.