True North Centre for Public Policy
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 132703448RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,676,966) as filed with the CRA.
True North Centre for Public Policy is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from donations. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $852K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Public policy research on issues related to immigration integration and national security
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.2M | $69K | — | $842K |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2.1M | $37K | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $23K | — | $917K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $40K | — | $643K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | $889K | $6,873 | — | $316K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $852K from 19 charities:
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$300K
- The Hearn Family Foundation$200K
- Marta and Owen Boris Foundation$100K
- The Atid Charitable Foundation$68K
- Canadahelps Canadon$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$60K
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms$25K
- The Arthur and Margaret Weisz Family Foundation$18K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$5,000
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,527
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,199
- Link Charity Canada Inc$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$465
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$200
- Jones Family Foundation$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$12
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kasra Nejatian (director); Shawn Whatley (director); Barbara Kay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from True North Centre for Public Policy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132703448RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.