The Gairdner Foundation

Corporate details

Corporation number

8551413

Business number

119234433

Status

Active

Governing law

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Continued

Oct 2, 2013

Corporation type

SolicitingAs declared in its 2026 annual return.

Registered office

101 C0LLEGE Street, Suite 335
Mars Centre, Heritage Building
Toronto ON M5G 1L7

Number of directors

At least 11, at most 25As the articles allow.

Annual filings

Anniversary date

Oct 2The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.

Annual filing period

Oct 2 to Dec 1 each year

Last annual meeting

May 14, 2026

The last annual return filed, and each year since.

Directors

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Registered charity

Charity registration number

119234433RR0002

Designation

Charitable organization

Category

Support of schools and education

Total revenue

$4,961,553Fiscal period ended Dec 31, 2024.

Total expenditures

$3,122,717

From its annual return to the Canada Revenue Agency (form T3010). Its charity page has its programs, finances and gifts.

Federal grants and contributions

5 agreements since 2019, worth $12,710,000 in all.

As each federal department publishes them (proactive disclosure). A value is the agreement's total as last amended; the money may be paid over several years. Search every federal grant.

Lobbying the federal government

Registered to lobby the federal government from 2009 until May 4, 2016; no registration is active now.

Registrations

1Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.

Who lobbies

Its own employees

Subjects

Education, Health, International Relations, International Trade, Science and Technology

Institutions lobbied

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Finance Canada (FIN), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC), Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), Industry Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO)The ten named most often.

In its latest registration, in its own words

• The purpose of the lobbying is to seek support for the expanding role of Gairdner as an instrument for indentifying Canada as a world leader in biomedical science and research.

From the Registry of Lobbyists (Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying), which lists the client as “Gairdner Foundation”. Shown here because the client's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. The names of lobbyists and of the officials they met are left out. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Not this company? Tell us.

Names

Filings and certificates