University of Guelph
Publicly funded institution · Guelph, Ontario · BN 108161829RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($943,218,000) as filed with the CRA.
University of Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, 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 $972.6M in revenue and $943.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government. In 2024, 134 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20.9M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 3,257 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $361K in 2024, the largest being $320K to O a C Alumni Foundation.
In its own words
The University carries out teaching research extension education activities and opportunities through student scholarships and bursaries travel grants and learning initiatives. In addition the University's operating and ancillary services contribute to the University's excellence in teaching and research.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $972.6M | $943.2M | $904.7M | $10.1M | $361K | $1.1B |
| 2023 | $930.4M | $911.6M | $876.6M | $9.3M | $134K | $999.7M |
| 2022 | $845.6M | $879.5M | $859M | $9.3M | $135K | $1B |
| 2021 | $812.5M | $828.3M | $796.2M | $8.9M | $191K | $963.3M |
| 2020 | $826.6M | $834.5M | — | — | $138K | $720.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $361K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $20.9M from 134 charities:
- The Angel Gabriel Foundation$4.4M
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$4M
- Arrell Family Foundation$2.2M
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$2M
- Weston Family Foundation$1.1M
- The Justin Eves Foundation$1M
- Steve and Sandra Hartman Charitable Family Foundation$1M
- The Gray Foundation$700K
- The Browning Watt Foundation$525K
- The Anthony and Virginia Ambler Family Foundation$300K
- Cancer Research Society$284K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$264K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$206K
- RBC Foundation$200K
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$192K
- Canadahelps Canadon$180K
- Canadahelps Canadon$180K
- Kenneth M. Molson Foundation$128K
- Caron Thorburn Institute$100K
- The Barrett Family Foundation$100K
- The Gosling Foundation$100K
- BenefAction Foundation$97K
- Liber Ero Foundation$90K
- The Molson Foundation/fondation Molson$75K
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$75K
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 positions3,257
- Total compensation, all staff$600.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from University of Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108161829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.