World University Service of Canada/l'entraide Universitaire Mondiale du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 119304848RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,449,908) as filed with the CRA.
World University Service of Canada/l'entraide Universitaire Mondiale du Canada is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $50.6M in revenue and $50.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5.6M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 120 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Wusc engages members of canada’s post-secondary community in programs and activities that promote international cooperation. We have been deploying volunteers to developing countries since the 1970’s to assist community-based organizations to improve the quality and effectiveness of their service. Several projects are still ongoing: the student refugee program for young men and women to attend university and college in canada; leap focussing on the empowerment of adolescent girls and young women in refugee camps in kenya. Agenci focussing on adolescent girls and female youth education in crisi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50.6M | $50.4M | $45.8M | $255K | $431K | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $42.6M | $42.5M | $38.4M | $248K | $283K | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $40M | $39.9M | $36M | $210K | — | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $31.3M | $31.2M | $27.7M | $221K | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $40.6M | $40.5M | $36.2M | $210K | — | $3.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5.6M from 13 charities:
- Mastercard Foundation$4.9M
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$389K
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,950
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$783
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- University of Saskatchewan$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$207
- Abundance Canada$100
- United Way of Greater Toronto$66
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions120
- Total compensation, all staff$7.9M
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 World University Service of Canada/l'entraide Universitaire Mondiale du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119304848RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.