MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·OJN409 - 1280 MAIN ST W · HAMILTON, ON · L8S 4L8·BN 119035988RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-04-30
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
McMaster charitable donations fund Student Scholarships and Bursaries Teaching and Community Initiatives
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)97¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 97¢ 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)3%
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)1.7 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)$1.5B
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)30%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-30 | $1.2B | 97¢ | 3% | 1.5 yr |
| 2020-04-30 | $1.2B | 97¢ | 3% | 1.5 yr |
| 2021-04-30 | $1.3B | 96¢ | 4% | 1.9 yr |
| 2022-04-30 | $1.2B | 97¢ | 3% | 1.8 yr |
| 2023-04-30 | $1.4B | 97¢ | 3% | 1.8 yr |
| 2024-04-30 | $1.5B | 97¢ | 3% | 1.7 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)
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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
35 directors reported · 35 of 35at arm's length
- Tighe, Susan LDirectorarm's length
- Elop, StephenDirectorarm's length
- Cruickshanks, SandraDirectorarm's length
- Farrar, DavidDirectorarm's length
- Shoukri, MamdouhDirectorarm's length
- Brooks, DinaDirectorarm's length
- Boye, JustinDirectorarm's length
- Merkel, Bradley GDirectorarm's length
- Nye, KevinDirectorarm's length
- Rowe, JenniferDirector and Vice Chairarm's length
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- Huctwith, David ADirectorarm's length
- Stankovic, SilviaDirectorarm's length
- Ferencich, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Allen, JaneDirector and Chairarm's length
- Samji, FareenDirectorarm's length
- Clarke, RyanDirectorarm's length
- Brown, LisaDirectorarm's length
- Thyret-Kidd, AndreaDirectorarm's length
- Smith, SanteeDirectorarm's length
- Lishchyna, NataliaDirectorarm's length
- Walker, Robert SDirectorarm's length
- Hill, BarryDirectorarm's length
- Purboo, WayneDirectorarm's length
- Greene, SaaraDirectorarm's length
- Anderson, CatherineDirectorarm's length
- Agyei-Odame, NicoleDirectorarm's length
- Menka, BenDirectorarm's length
- Ramsay, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Jaiswal, RishavDirectorarm's length
- Dosen, Arlene FDirectorarm's length
- Trumble, LanceDirectorarm's length
- Harada, MegumiDirectorarm's length
- McCracken, SusanDirectorarm's length
- Nishimura, MayuDirectorarm's length
- Vrkljan, BrendaDirectorarm'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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