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ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY

Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·1 UNIVERSITY DR · ATHABASCA, AB · T9S 3A3·BN 106735830RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Provision of distance education at the University level.

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

85¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 85¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

10%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.7 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$158.6M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

0%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

32%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-03-31$147.8M98¢2%0.5 yr
2020-03-31$150.7M98¢2%0.5 yr
2021-03-31$159.1M87¢11%0.6 yr
2022-03-31$160.9M88¢12%0.6 yr
2023-03-31$155.6M89¢11%0.6 yr
2024-03-31$158.6M85¢10%0.7 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

22 directors reported · 22 of 22at arm's length

  • Spagnolo, LarryPublic Memberarm's length
  • Gould, ElenaPublic Memberarm's length
  • Huntrods, RichardAcademic Memberarm's length
  • Cleveland-Innes, MarthaAcdemic Memberarm's length
  • Connelly, LiamTutor Memberarm's length
  • Morrill, RogerPublic Memberarm's length
  • Hobal, JacquelinePublic Memberarm's length
  • Fletcher, KarenStudent Memberarm's length
  • Nelson, ByronBoard Chairarm's length
  • Edwards, ChrisGraduate Student Memberarm's length
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  • Syed, Dur-E-NajafStudent Memberarm's length
  • de Bever, LeoPublic Memberarm's length
  • Gnatiuk, DonPublic Memberarm's length
  • Lovelace, TerryPublic Memberarm's length
  • Leckett, DanielPublic Memberarm's length
  • Lovsin, MikePublic Memberarm's length
  • Van Rooijen, LoriPublic Memberarm's length
  • Willier, WilfredPublic Memberarm's length
  • Clark, AlexPresidentarm's length
  • Kuzio, BrendaTutor Memberarm's length
  • Rupok, RussellGraduate Student Memberarm's length
  • Groening, ChantelStudent Memberarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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