The University of Winnipeg
Publicly funded institution · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 108162645RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($180,455,561) as filed with the CRA.
The University of Winnipeg is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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 $194M in revenue and $180.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 897 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $38K to The University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $194M | $180.5M | $163.4M | — | $118K | $0 |
| 2023 | $176.3M | $167.6M | $150M | $0 | $694K | $0 |
| 2022 | $165.5M | $161.7M | $145.2M | — | $287K | $0 |
| 2021 | $157.9M | $151.3M | $132.3M | — | $1.6M | $0 |
| 2020 | $160M | $154.6M | $138.6M | — | $578K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 1 qualified donee:
- The University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc.$38K
Received $2.2M from 16 charities:
- The University of Winnipeg Foundation Inc.$1.5M
- The Schroeder Foundation$500K
- D F Plett Historical Research Foundation Inc$65K
- Brain Canada Foundation$57K
- Canadian Cancer Society$35K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$31K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$12K
- WCPD Foundation$10K
- The Leonard Foundation$8,656
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,788
- Urban Systems Foundation$3,000
- The Winkler Community Foundation Inc.$2,000
- Lac du Bonnet & District Charitable Foundation Inc.$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$252
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$146
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3
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
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions897
- Total compensation, all staff$119.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Gamey (chancellor); Todd Mondor (president and vice-chancellor); Bruce Miller (chair of the board of regents).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The University of Winnipeg’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108162645RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.