University of Guelph

50 Stone Road East
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
President: Dr. Franco J Vaccarino
Chancellor: David Mirvish

Website: www.uoguelph.ca
Charitable Reg. #: 10816 1829 RR0001

Sector: Education - University

Operating Charity

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Donor Accountability

Grade: A

The grade is based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Financial Transparency

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity's website [ Audited financial statement for most recent year ]

Need for Funding

donor
endowed

Funding Reserves Program Costs

Spending Breakdown

Cents to The Cause

♦	♦	♦
			95¢



			75¢
			avg
			65¢


			50¢

2014	2015	2016

For a dollar donated, cents funding the cause after fundraising and admin costs, excluding surplus.

Full-time staff #2,814

Avg. Compensation $107,152

Top 10 Staff Salary Range

$350k +	1
$300k - $350k	2
$250k - $300k	1
$200k - $250k	6
$160k - $200k	0
$120k - $160k	0
$80k - $120k	0
$40k - $80k	0
< $40k	0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2016

About University of Guelph:

The University of Guelph (U of G) was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of the Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College. The University now consists of seven colleges: the College of Arts, the College of Biological Science, the College of Business and Economics, the College of Physical and Engineering Science, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, the Ontario Agricultural College, and the Ontario Veterinary College. The University has a regional campus in Ridgetown, Ontario, and offers diploma and degree programs at the University of Guelph-Humber, a joint venture with Humber College in Toronto.

In the Fall of 2015, the University of Guelph had an enrolment of 20,771 full-time students and 1,877 part-time students at the Guelph campus. The Guelph-Humber campus had a total enrollment of 4,805 students. The university was host to over 1,200 international students hailing from over 90 countries. The University reports that about 675 U of G students participated in study-abroad programs in 2015-2016. According to Maclean’s University Ranking, standout programs at the University of Guelph are the neuroscience program, biomedical engineering and the programs at Guelph-Humber.

The university is home to 29 Canada Research Chairs and 27 privately endowed research chairs and professorships. Its major partner is the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and has a strong focus on research in agriculture and the food sector, rural communities, healthy animals and a healthy environment. Globally, the university has 240 funded research studies in 65 countries and researchers have filed 41 new patents in F2015.

Financial Review:

The University of Guelph is a large-cap charity with donations of $27.2m in F2016. Its administrative costs are 3% of revenues and fundraising costs are 26% of donations. For every dollar donated, 71 cents goes towards its programs, falling within Ci’s reasonable range. The university has funding reserves of $491.9m which can cover programs for just over 8 months. Excluding endowed funds of $413.2m, it can cover programs for a little under 2 months.

This charity report is an update that has been sent to the University of Guelph for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated August 3, 2017 by Josh Lam.

Financial Ratios Fiscal year ending April	2016	2015	2014
Administrative costs as % of revenues	2.7%	2.2%	2.6%
Fundraising costs as % of donations	25.7%	30.0%	28.6%
Program cost coverage (%)	79.0%	73.9%	67.6%

Summary Financial Statements All figures in $000s	2016	2015	2014
Donations	27,159	20,434	20,876
Government funding	251,674	248,592	247,369
Fees for service	369,116	373,828	365,219
Business activities (net)	87,506	81,038	78,172
Investment income	2,673	25,188	26,998
Other income	18,760	13,663	11,968
Total revenues	756,888	762,743	750,602
Program costs	622,707	630,385	610,730
Administrative costs	20,260	16,384	18,422
Fundraising costs	6,979	6,134	5,970
Other costs	11,618	12,206	12,431
Cash flow from operations	95,324	97,634	103,049
Funding reserves	491,915	465,895	412,614

Note: Ci reported Guelph-Humber revenues net of expenses, adjusting revenues and expenses by ($20.4m) in F2016, ($18.8m) in F2015 and ($17.6m) in F2014. Management & administrative and fundraising costs obtained from the charity’s CRA T3010 filing.

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