Universities Canada Universités Canada
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 129987301RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($56,759,100) as filed with the CRA.
Universities Canada Universités Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $58.5M in revenue and $56.8M in expenditures.
In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8.8M.
Compared with 74 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 106 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $27.6M in 2020 to $58.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Universities canada is the national voice for canadian universities. Universities canada represents 96 public and private not-for-profit universities and university degree-level colleges. We are a membership organization providing university presidents with a unified voice and a forum for collective action. We have represented the interest of canadian universities since 1911. Our mission is to foster and promote the interests of higher education university research and innovation. We participate in the development of public policy to find solutions to the economic and social challenges facing…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58.5M | $56.8M | $52.6M | — | — | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $44.6M | $43.4M | $39.5M | — | — | $14.9M |
| 2022 | $34.5M | $33M | $29.4M | — | — | $13.9M |
| 2021 | $31.6M | $30.4M | $27M | — | — | $12.7M |
| 2020 | $27.6M | $27.5M | $24.2M | — | — | $10.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8.8M from 12 charities:
- Beedie Luminaries Foundation$4.2M
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$1.5M
- Weston Family Foundation$1.2M
- RBC Foundation$643K
- RBC Foundation$442K
- Cause We Care Foundation$304K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$300K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$122K
- École de Technologie Supérieure$48K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$28K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- MLSE Foundation$5,000
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
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions106
- Total compensation, all staff$10.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gabriel Miller (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Universities Canada Universités Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129987301RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.