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THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·2500 UNIVERSITY DR NW · CALGARY, AB · T2N 1N4·BN 108102864RR0001·website ↗

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

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

The University of Calgary had 37 400 full time and part time students in the 2023/2024 fiscal year from over 100 countries registered in the following 15 faculties: Art Cummung School of Medicine Environmental Design Graduate Studies Haskayne School of Business Kinesiology Law Nursing Nursing (Qatar) Schulich School of Engineering Science Social Work Veterinary Medicine Werklund School of Education and Public Policy. The University employed the equivalent head count of 3 307 regular staff and 10 984 staff classified as either fixed-term limited-term temporary hourly and hourly Show more

The University of Calgary had 37 400 full time and part time students in the 2023/2024 fiscal year from over 100 countries registered in the following 15 faculties: Art Cummung School of Medicine Environmental Design Graduate Studies Haskayne School of Business Kinesiology Law Nursing Nursing (Qatar) Schulich School of Engineering Science Social Work Veterinary Medicine Werklund School of Education and Public Policy. The University employed the equivalent head count of 3 307 regular staff and 10 984 staff classified as either fixed-term limited-term temporary hourly and hourly-research primarily engaged in Research and Education. Approximately 550 volunteers were utilized during the fiscal period.

New programs

NA

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)

87¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 87¢ 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)

13%

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)

1.9 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)

$1.7B

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

2%

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)

49%

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$1.6B86¢14%1.7 yr
2020-03-31$1.6B88¢12%1.5 yr
2021-03-31$1.5B89¢11%1.8 yr
2022-03-31$1.5B88¢12%1.8 yr
2023-03-31$1.5B89¢11%1.8 yr
2024-03-31$1.7B87¢13%1.9 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 ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

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Overall rating

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

★★★★★

Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.

Analyst-reviewed by Charity Intelligence; their methodology, shown as published. source ↗

Results reporting

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

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

32 directors reported · 5 of 32at arm's length

  • Bergerson, JouleAcademic Staffarm's length
  • Foster, NancyPublic
  • Hammond, LorindaAUPE
  • Herman, MarkPublic
  • Mccauley, EdEx Officio
  • Tibbles, GlennSenate
  • WEISSENBERGER, JohnPublic
  • Wong, ElainePublic
  • Brown, JayPublic Memberarm's length
  • Schmidt, NicoleStudent's Unionarm's length
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  • Blackwell, MarkPublic
  • Cornish, JonEx Officio
  • Davison, JeffPublic
  • Dhanani, AleemPublic
  • Ganzlin, KarenPublic
  • Habibi, HamidAcademic Staff
  • Labrie, Jodi JensonPublic
  • Li, CandicePublic
  • O'Yeung, WilliamAlumni
  • Price, DavidPublic
  • Wolf, CaraAlumni
  • Zhang, GaryPublic
  • Zonneveld, PaulPublic
  • Saaka, Saaka SulemanaGraduate Student's Association
  • Aamir, MuntahaStudents' Union
  • AKHTAR, TAIMURStudents' Unionarm's length
  • KIEFER, EVAPublicarm's length
  • JINNAH MORSETTE, SHAZIAHStudents' Union
  • RAI, CRISTINAAUPE
  • SOOD, ARUNPublic
  • STEELE, JAMESGraduate Student's Association
  • THOMAS, MELANEEAcademic Staff (TUCFA)

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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