Universite de Sherbrooke
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 108161076RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($859,776,611) as filed with the CRA.
Universite de Sherbrooke is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, 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 $867M in revenue and $859.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 64% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 3,117 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 16 qualified donees totalling $69K in 2024, the largest being $45K to The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $867M | $859.8M | $641.6M | — | $69K | $60.1M |
| 2023 | $786M | $771.1M | $591.8M | — | $29K | -$47.7M |
| 2022 | $750.6M | $715.5M | $543M | — | $37K | $68.2M |
| 2021 | $683.8M | $679.7M | $502.3M | — | $41K | $75.5M |
| 2020 | $668.5M | $661.5M | $480.2M | $20K | $8,357 | -$111.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $69K to 16 qualified donees:
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$45K
- Technoscience Estrie$8,750
- Sherbrooke ville en santé$5,300
- Fondation de l'Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec$2,300
- Fondation pour les élèves de la Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke$1,750
- Fondation FORCE Études$1,350
- Acfas Inc.$800
- Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke$800
- Fondation Cégep de Sherbrooke$700
- Canadian Cancer Society$500
- Fondation du cégep Édouard-Montpetit$500
- La Soupe Populaire de Chicoutimi Inc$300
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke Inc.$270
- Fondation du Jardin Zoologique de Granby$250
- Pediatric Research Foundation$200
- Eckankar Canada$75
Received $14.3M from 19 charities:
- The Foundation ofthe 'Université de Sherbrooke'$13.1M
- Canadian Cancer Society$466K
- Cancer Research Society$311K
- Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine$220K
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$60K
- Fondation Vitae$44K
- WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada$35K
- Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada$26K
- Fondation Felix Goyer$15K
- Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation la Fondation Canadienne d'Ergotherapie$10K
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada$10K
- Brain Canada Foundation$5,000
- École de Technologie Supérieure$2,800
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,500
- BenefAction Foundation$948
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$700
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$260
- Canadahelps Canadon$168
- Dialogue sciences et politiques / Science & Policy Exchange$100
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
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $250,000–299,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3,117
- Total compensation, all staff$559.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Monique Leroux (présidente); Patricia Gautheir (vice présidente); Patrick Ayotte (administrateur); Lucie Bégin (administrateur); Marie-France Bélanger (administrateur); Marwan Besrour (administrateur); Alexandre Cabral (administrateur); Daniel Chamberland-Tremblay (administrateur); Robin Marie Coleman (administrateur); Pierre Cossette (administrateur); Kathleen De Lafontaine (administrateur); Marie-Claude Desjardins (administrateur); Julie Etheir (administrateur); Jacob Fontaine (administrateur); Sébastien Lebel-Grenier (administrateur); Yvon Lefebvre (administrateur); Mélanie Levasseur (administrateur); Olivier Marcil (administrateur); Charles Orfali (administrateur); Josette Normandeau (administrateur); Denis Paré (administrateur); Patricia Gautheir (administrateur); Monique Leroux (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Universite de Sherbrooke’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108161076RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.