University of Prince Edward Island
Publicly funded institution · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island · BN 108162108RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($194,354,560) as filed with the CRA.
University of Prince Edward Island is a charitable organization based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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 $210.2M in revenue and $194.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government. In 2024, 37 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 899 permanent full-time positions.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210.2M | $194.4M | $179.5M | $1.3M | — | $178.5M |
| 2023 | $181.8M | $175.8M | $165.1M | $1.3M | $0 | $154.4M |
| 2022 | $174.5M | $156.2M | $146.9M | $1M | — | $140.5M |
| 2021 | $161.8M | $146.3M | $136.8M | $1M | — | $125.8M |
| 2020 | $154.8M | $149.2M | $136.1M | $2M | $0 | $111.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.5M from 37 charities:
- Canadian Cancer Society$340K
- The Christofor Foundation Inc.$300K
- River Philip Foundation$225K
- The Community Foundation of Prince Edward Island Inc.$117K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$87K
- The Calgary Foundation$60K
- BenefAction Foundation$50K
- The Windsor Foundation$50K
- Walker Wood Foundation$45K
- Trust under the Will of Florence Ethel Simmons$43K
- The Joan and Regis Duffy Foundation$38K
- Harrison McCain Foundation$36K
- Trust Under the Will of Evelyn P. Matheson$33K
- Eliza J Ramsden Trust$19K
- Faye and David Huestis Family Foundation Inc.$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$11K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$10K
- Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,557
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$8,500
- The Rotary Club of Charlottetown Foundation LTD.$4,000
- The Gertrude Cotton Charitable Trust$3,854
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,412
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over2 positions
- $300,000–349,9992 positions
- $250,000–299,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions899
- Total compensation, all staff$121.2M
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 Prince Edward Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108162108RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.