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Registered as ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY
$158,644,931
$154,509,457
It took in $4,135,474 more than it spent, and retained the difference. Neither is good or bad on its own — charities hold reserves, run capital campaigns, and spend down endowments, and the return does not say which.
| Year | Money in | Money out |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $136.4M | $132.9M |
| 2018 | $139.3M | $132.3M |
| 2019 | $147.8M | $133.6M |
| 2020 | $150.7M | $147.6M |
| 2021 | $159.1M | $157.6M |
| 2022 | $160.9M | $150.6M |
| 2023 | $155.6M | $152.5M |
| 2024 | $158.6M | $154.5M |
| What it went on | CRA line | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charitable programs | 5000 | $131,280,018 | 85.0% |
| Management and administration | 5010 | $15,640,000 | 10.1% |
| Fundraising | 5020 | $291,966 | 0.2% |
| Not allocated to a line | $7,288,473 | 4.7% | |
| Total expenditures excluding gifts | 4950 | $154,500,457 |
The reported lines do not add up to the total. The difference is spending the charity did not assign to any of them — the CRA return treats these lines as optional components of the total, not as a complete breakdown of it.
It reported giving $9,000 to other qualified donees — registered charities and similar organisations. This sits outside the breakdown above, which covers the charity’s own spending. Line 5050.
Athabasca University reported spending 85.0% of its expenditure on charitable programs. Among the 2,574 charities registered under teaching institutions that reported the same line for 2024, the middle of the range is 89.0%, and this charity sits at the 37th percentile — below 63% of them.
That is a position in a distribution, not a verdict. Charities allocate costs differently on the same form, and a lower share often reflects how a return was filled in rather than how the money was spent. The cohort counts only charities that reported this line — about a quarter of the register does not, and they are not in the comparison at all.
Canadian charities report how many of their ten highest-paid positions fall in each pay band. Not who they are, and not what any one person earns — the return does not collect that, and it cannot be worked out from what follows.
10 positions reported in total.
| Permanent full-time positions | 300 | 721 |
|---|---|---|
| Part-time or part-year employees | 370 | 493 |
| Total spent on all compensation | 390 | $106,999,658 |
The most recent return this charity has filed — not its position today. Charities have six months to file and the CRA publishes annually.
These are the charity’s own figures. A surprising figure is at least as likely to be a filing error as a finding.
This site cannot confirm whether 106735830 RR 0001 is registered today. Its filings are public open data; current registration status is not, and the CRA’s own listing is the only authoritative source. Check this charity on the CRA Charities Listing.
Source: Canada Revenue Agency — List of charities (T3010). Data current as of 2024 filing year. Filed by the charity and not audited by the CRA. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.