THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·2-006 - 10230 JASPER AVE NW · EDMONTON, AB · T5J 0B2·BN 108102831RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-03-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
The University of Alberta operates under the Post-Secondary Learning Act of the Province of Alberta to provide post-secondary and graduate education and to engage in research and public service. The university has approximately 40 061 students from all Canadian provinces and territories and 156 other countries participating in: College of Health Sciences (Kinesiology Sport and Recreation; Medicine and Dentistry; Nursing; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; School of Public Health; Rehabilitation Medicine); College of Natural and Applied Sciences (Agricultural Life and Environmental Sci… Show more
The University of Alberta operates under the Post-Secondary Learning Act of the Province of Alberta to provide post-secondary and graduate education and to engage in research and public service. The university has approximately 40 061 students from all Canadian provinces and territories and 156 other countries participating in: College of Health Sciences (Kinesiology Sport and Recreation; Medicine and Dentistry; Nursing; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; School of Public Health; Rehabilitation Medicine); College of Natural and Applied Sciences (Agricultural Life and Environmental Sciences; Engineering; Science); College of Social Sciences and Humanities (Alberta School of Business; Arts; Education; Law); Faculties (Augustana; Campus Saint-Jean (French); Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies; Native Studies; Other (Continuing Education))
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)92¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 92¢ 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)8%
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)0.9 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)$2.0B
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)1%
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)47%
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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-31 | $2.0B | 88¢ | 12% | 0.7 yr |
| 2020-03-31 | $1.9B | 83¢ | 17% | 0.7 yr |
| 2021-03-31 | $1.8B | 88¢ | 12% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-03-31 | $1.9B | 87¢ | 13% | 1 yr |
| 2023-03-31 | $1.9B | 88¢ | 13% | 0.9 yr |
| 2024-03-31 | $2.0B | 92¢ | 8% | 0.9 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 ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence—
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
26 directors reported · 26 of 26at arm's length
- Ashdown, ChristopherAlumniarm's length
- Bhambani, ZarinaGeneral Publicarm's length
- Bridgeman, GuyGeneral Publicarm's length
- Butler, CharleneGeneral Publicarm's length
- Bruce, HeatherAcademic Staff Associationarm's length
- Chisholm, Kathryn (Kate)General Public - Chairarm's length
- Eggert, DanielGeneral Publicarm's length
- Flanagan, William (Bill)President and Vice-Chancellorarm's length
- Garritty, PeggyChancellorarm's length
- Hale, MonaGeneral Publicarm's length
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- Mackinnon, JaniceGeneral Publicarm's length
- Policicchio, Settimio (Sett)General Publicarm's length
- Ross, Thomas (Tom)General Publicarm's length
- Ross-Graham, MargotSenatearm's length
- Saraf, RakeshGeneral Publicarm's length
- Vethanayagam, DiliniGeneral Facilities Councilarm's length
- Whittaker, PaulGeneral Publicarm's length
- Zenari, LillianGeneral Publicarm's length
- Aziz, BishoiGraduate Studentarm's length
- Dorscheid, AlexanderUndergraduate Studentarm's length
- Monteiro, AbnerStudents Union Presidentarm's length
- Young, Katharine (Kate)Alumniarm's length
- Fotang, ChristianStudents union presidentarm's length
- Dickie, StephanieNon Academic Staff Associationarm's length
- Raitz, StephanUndergraduate Studentarm's length
- Vemana, VenkataGeneral Publicarm'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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