University of Saskatchewan
Publicly funded institution · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · BN 119279313RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,168,446,365) as filed with the CRA.
University of Saskatchewan is a charitable organization based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 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 $1.3B in revenue and $1.2B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from government. In 2024, 117 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9.8M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 6,888 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $760K in 2024, the largest being $656K to Meewasin Valley Authority. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The University of Saskatchewan's primary role is to provide post-secondary instruction and research in humanities sciences and other areas of human intellectual cultural social and physical development. The University offers instructional programs leading to graduate and undergraduate degrees certificate and diploma programs and post-graduate clinical (residency) programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $5.7M | $1M | $2.6B |
| 2023 | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1B | $4.7M | $5,010 | $2.5B |
| 2022 | $1.1B | $1B | $980.8M | $4.5M | $8,320 | $2.5B |
| 2021 | $1.1B | $1B | $937.7M | $5.4M | $350 | $2.5B |
| 2020 | $1B | $1.1B | $998.5M | $5.9M | $4,070 | $2.4B |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $760K to 20 qualified donees:
- Meewasin Valley Authority$656K
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Inc.$57K
- University of Regina$25K
- Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians$6,000
- Hospitals of Regina Foundation Inc.$5,000
- ST Thomas More College$4,275
- Teen Challenge Canada Inc.$2,935
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation$700
- Canadian Cancer Society$500
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area$400
- ST Paul's Hospital Foundation Inc$400
- Saskatoon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc.$300
- World University Service of Canada/l'entraide Universitaire Mondiale du Canada$250
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$200
- The Mustard Seed Street Church$100
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$100
- New Hope Dog Rescue Inc.$100
- Kidsport Canada$100
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$100
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$100
Received $9.8M from 117 charities:
- Lily Street Foundation$2M
- Burgundy Legacy Foundation$886K
- The Brownlee Family Foundation Inc.$550K
- Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation Inc.$535K
- Western Grains Research Foundation$388K
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$335K
- April 1 Foundation$316K
- Weston Family Foundation$308K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$248K
- Cancer Research Society$233K
- United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto$220K
- The River Foundation$220K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$220K
- Ducks Unlimited Canada - Canards Illimites Canada$201K
- Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation Inc.$200K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$195K
- RBC Foundation$180K
- Aqueduct Foundation$169K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$158K
- Actua$143K
- Canadian Cancer Society$127K
- Abundance Canada$103K
- Lily Street Foundation$100K
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$100K
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$100K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over10 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6,888
- Total compensation, all staff$667.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Stoicheff (president and vice-chancellor); Grit McCreath (chancellor); Grant Devine (member board of governors); Shelley Brown (chair board of governors); Keith Martell (member board of governors); Joy Crawford (vice chair board of governors); Louise Simard (member board of governors); Nadeem Jamali (member board of governors); Marty Seymour (member board of governors); Herb McFaull (member board of governors); Ishita Mann (member board of governors).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from University of Saskatchewan’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119279313RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.