The University of New Brunswick
Publicly funded institution · Fredericton, New Brunswick · BN 108162025RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($388,136,499) as filed with the CRA.
The University of New Brunswick is a charitable organization based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $401.1M in revenue and $388.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government. In 2024, 75 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 2,071 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 42 names.
In its own words
To provide the highest possible quality of instruction for both undergraduate and graduate students To achieve national and in select areas international recognition for research programs To operate a scholarship and bursary program for our students To operate ancillary services for our students including residences bookstore and arena To provide various student services including counseling health centre employment centre financial aid etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $401.1M | $388.1M | $323.1M | $4M | — | — |
| 2023 | $375.9M | $354M | $287.8M | $3.6M | — | $432.2M |
| 2022 | $340.2M | $332.9M | $277.7M | $3.1M | — | $382.7M |
| 2021 | $318.2M | $303.4M | $255.6M | $3M | — | $720.4M |
| 2020 | $322.9M | $326.8M | $273.9M | $3M | — | $638.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6.2M from 75 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$1.1M
- Rideau Hall Foundation$520K
- BenefAction Foundation$485K
- Hewitt Foundation$400K
- Aqueduct Foundation$333K
- The Joyce Family Foundation$250K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$220K
- Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Inc.$218K
- Canadian Cancer Society$216K
- The Sir James Dunn Foundation Inc.$200K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$200K
- The Pannell Family Foundation$200K
- Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation Inc$150K
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$150K
- Actua$150K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$144K
- Estate of James E Porter Scholarship Trust$139K
- The Jane and Michael Wilson Family Foundation Inc.$100K
- The Murphy Family Foundation$100K
- The Medavie Foundation Inc.$90K
- Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation Inc.$90K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$75K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$56K
- D & G Estey Family Foundation$55K
- WCPD Foundation$55K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,071
- Total compensation, all staff$250.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wayne Carson (governor); Richard Currie (governor & chancellor emeritus); Sarah DeVarrenne (board secretary); R. Roxanne Fairweather (governor emerita); David Ganong (governor emeritus); Thomas Gribbons (governor board chair); Petra Hauf (governor & provost); Janet Hoyt (governor); Kevin Hoyt (governor); Jill Jollineau (governor); Janet Knox (governor); Christopher MacDonald (governor); Julia MacLauchlan (governor); David MaGee (governor & v.p. research); Paul Mazerolle (governor/president/vicechancel); Kathryn McCain (governor emerita); Michelle McNeil (governor & ed assoc. alumni); John O'Brien (governor emeritus); Constantine Passaris (governor); Kelly Scott-Storey (governor); David Stevenson (governor emeritus); Robyn Tingley (governor); Rhonda Connors-Losier (governor); David Perley (governor); Donna Reardon (governor); Kate Rogers (governor); Peter Syroid (governor); William Best (governor & vp admin & finance); Jane Kidney-Hermelin (governor); Timothy Alderson (governor); Ridhima Dixit (governor); Jennifer Flanagan (governor); Jill Jeffrey (governor); Peter Lagacy (governor); Brian Lowry (governor); H. Wade MacLaughlan (governor & chancellor); Terrence Malley (governor); John Neville (governor); Scott Pavey (governor); Elizabeth Watt (governor); Judith Begley (governor); Brian Love (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The University of New Brunswick’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108162025RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.