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The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3B
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $1.6B
What The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University does
Mission
The Mission of McGill University is the advancement of learning and the creation and dissemination of knowledge by offering the best possible education available by carrying out research and scholarly activities judged to be excellent when measured against the highest international standards and by providing service to society in those ways for which we are well-suited by virtue of our academic strengths.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
TEACHING: Programs offered to students earning Certificates Diplomas Bachelors Masters & Doctoral degrees. For Fall 2023 semester there were 39,461 Full-time and Part-Time students registered. RESEARCH: The overall research activity is generally summarized as two main streams: direct research grants and contracts and infrastructure grants. ACADEMICS FACILITIES: Supports Teaching and Research functions e.g. libraries IT services & Campus Maintenance
$1,003,105,166 spentof which $59,319,083 as grants$294,220,915 earned by the program83% of program spendingSTUDENT SERVICES: Programs and activities intended to support and enhance campus life and the well being of the students attending the university. These include primarily financial aid in the form of Scholarships fellowships prizes and awards that are given based on scholastic achievement. Bursaries are given purely on the basis of need. Other services include health care physical and mental; career counseling and the availability of sports and sporting facilities. All of these activities are maintained on both campuses of the University.
$113,224,690 spentof which $70,710,481 as grants$44,663,809 earned by the program9% of program spendingCOMMUNITY SERVICES: Include non-credit courses workshops seminars conferences and the use of university personnel expertise in joint projects with other organizations.
$50,598,308 spentof which $4,217,362 as grants$24,023,318 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program service expenses are those related to the universitys ancillary operations including but not limited to: residence catering parking printing and the campus bookstore. Other Program Services include administrative and managerial salaries as well as inventory sold and equipment maintenance. Includes adjustment of $2,585,223 for Part IX Line 3 Grants and allocations reported in Program Service instead of Management and general expenses.
$41,965,920 spentof which $2,585,223 as grants$51,447,647 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,208,894,084.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.5B to $4.7B (+6%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 53% · 2022 53% · 2023 53% · 2024 52% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Maryse Bertrand
Chair Member-at-large
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University?
- The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University.
- Who is the largest funder of The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University?
- RUSH PHILANTHROPIC ARTS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning McGill University find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing