Registered charity
Public Policy Forum
Legal name on the register: PUBLIC POLICY FORUM
CA-E-JTSM-HWABActiveCanada (federal)3 independent sources
$6.3MRevenue reported
$11.9MPublic money on record
20On the board
14Organisations connected
3Independent publishers
86/100Evidence depth
October 24, 2026Latest source capture
On the record
- Identifier
- CA-E-JTSM-HWAB
- Address
- 150 Elgin Street, OTTAWA, ON, K2P 1L4
- Earliest record
- May 20, 2004
- Also known as
- FORUM DES POLITIQUES PUBLIQUES
Identifiers held
- Charity registration
- 844430009RR0001
- Business number
- 844430009
- Corporation number
- 7547994
Who controls this corporation. Federal corporations must file their Individuals with Significant Control with Corporations Canada. That register is not redistributed here — it can only be searched by corporation name or number, by design, so it cannot become a lookup by a person’s name. Search it directly for corporation number 7547994: Corporations Canada — federal corporation search.
Evidence depth
86/100
Deep recordThis scores the depth of the public evidence assembled here. It does not score the organisation’s quality, reputation, solvency or risk. The formula is fixed and reproducible. See the formula.
Identityregistrations and identifiers
Operationsmunicipal licences
Filed figuresfinancials or workforce
Public moneycontracts or grants
Relationshipsfiled board or organisation links
Qualificationsstanding offers or supply arrangements
Public activitypermits and recorded work
Regulatorydecided findings
Dated historyevents with effective dates
Additional graph evidence outside the score: 14 organisation connections.
Public footprint · version 1
Where this organisation appears in public records
Eight independent dimensions describe the size and shape of the evidence. They are deliberately not added into one company score: a licence, a grant, a director filing and a court finding mean different things.
Footprint is not performance.
A larger bar means more public records of that kind. It does not mean better, worse, safer, larger, more profitable or more reputable.
Identityregistries, identifiers and corroboration
100
Operationslicences and operating places
0
Filed disclosurepublic financials and workforce
60
Public moneycontracts, grants and contribution records
90
Public activitypermits and recorded work
0
Relationshipsfiled board and identifier-linked organisations
79
Regulatorydecided public findings
0
Historydated span and recorded events
100
Each dimension uses fixed, logarithmic caps so one dataset with thousands of repeated rows cannot drown out every other fact. Read the formula and limits.
Registrations
| Registrar | Instrument | Number | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Revenue Agency | Registered charity | 844430009RR0001 | — | Registered |
| Corporations Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) | Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act | 7547994 | November 19, 2012 | Active |
Board and officers on record (20)
| Name | Position | Serving since | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Lee | — | April 1, 2024 | current |
| Alicia Dubois | — | October 26, 2023 | current |
| Greg Orencsak | — | October 26, 2023 | current |
| Gitane De Silva | — | October 26, 2023 | current |
| Cathy Bennett | — | November 30, 2022 | current |
| Zabeen Hirji | — | November 30, 2022 | current |
| Jeff Zweig | — | November 30, 2022 | current |
| Lisa Raitt | — | November 12, 2020 | current |
| Nadia Theodore | — | November 12, 2020 | current |
| Phillipe Batani | — | April 16, 2020 | current |
| Graham Flack | — | April 3, 2020 | current |
| Jim Stanford | — | April 3, 2020 | current |
| Blaine Woodcock | — | January 23, 2020 | current |
| Ray Gilmour | — | November 14, 2019 | current |
| Eric Axford | — | November 18, 2018 | current |
| Neil Desai | CHAIR FINANCE COMMITTEE | November 18, 2018 | current |
| Christiane Fox | — | November 18, 2018 | current |
| Andre Beaulieu | — | October 12, 2016 | current |
| Ilse Treurnicht | CHAIR BOARD | November 19, 2012 | current |
| Nancy Naylor | — | April 3, 2020 | ended October 26, 2023 |
Filed by the charity itself with the Canada Revenue Agency, under the Open Government Licence. This is the narrowest slate the source publishes — name, position, and tenure only; no address, phone, or email exists in the file to withhold. Why this is published and directors’ home addresses never are.
Organisations sharing a filed director name (14)
Every one of these rests on a single name in common, which is the weakest form this evidence takes — read them as leads, not findings.
| Organisation | Kind | Names in common |
|---|---|---|
| Banff Forum CA-E-EDW1-GKSG | Registered charity | 1 |
| Canadian Council for Indigenous Business CA-E-WZQ1-M4F4 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Care Canada CA-E-8VZ5-7010 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre CA-E-E3T9-VPQH | Registered charity | 1 |
| Community Foundation Of Halton North CA-E-T77Q-PQ7V | Registered charity | 1 |
| Deloitte Foundation Canada/la Fondation Deloitte Canada CA-E-K9ZC-CXYD | Registered charity | 1 |
| Encounter Covenant Church CA-E-0THY-KF6X | Registered charity | 1 |
| Equality Fund CA-E-XAXZ-CTS1 | Registered charity | 1 |
| Four Counties Health Services Corporation CA-E-ZRW9-FHAC | Registered charity | 1 |
| Northumberland Learning Connection CA-E-8XHS-MZTA | Registered charity | 1 |
| Seneca College Of Applied Arts & Technology CA-E-AR31-H3WS | Registered charity | 1 |
| Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital Foundation CA-E-BSDP-2P1B | Registered charity | 1 |
| The Governors Of St. Francis Xavier University CA-E-BG7D-3HV2 | Registered charity | 1 |
| The Open Gate Church CA-E-K8E0-7FMK | Registered charity | 1 |
One name in common is a lead. Two is a link. These come from the director names each organisation filed with the Canada Revenue Agency, matched exactly as filed, and two people can share a name — across the whole corpus 95% of these rest on a single name, so a single match is genuinely weak evidence and is presented as such rather than dressed up. Two of the same names on the same pair of boards is a different matter: coincidence stops being a plausible explanation. A name appearing on more than eight boards is discarded outright as a probable collision.
The link is between organisations and carries only a count. Which people sit on which board stays on each organisation’s own page, exactly as the CRA published it, and there is deliberately no way here to search by a person or to list what one individual is involved in. Why that line is drawn there.
The link is between organisations and carries only a count. Which people sit on which board stays on each organisation’s own page, exactly as the CRA published it, and there is deliberately no way here to search by a person or to list what one individual is involved in. Why that line is drawn there.
What it raised and spent — year ended June 30, 2024
- Total revenue
- $6,310,830
- Total spending
- $6,868,121
- Total assets
- $4,796,018
- Total liabilities
- $2,170,810
- Receipted donations
- $260,880
- From other charities
- $439,833
- Granted onward
- $0
Charitable programs46.2% · $3.2M · line 5000
Management and administration41.0% · $2.8M · line 5010
Fundraising12.8% · $877K · line 5020
Not broken down in the return0.0% · $1
These are the charity’s own figures. They come from the T3010 return it filed with the Canada Revenue Agency, which is a statement the organisation makes about itself rather than an audit or an assessment of it. They are also a single year: a charity that received a capital gift, sold a building, or ran a campaign will look unlike itself.
A low share spent on programs is not by itself evidence of anything. Fundraising costs money, a year of building a reserve looks like underspending, and grant-making foundations pass money onward rather than running programs. The lines are shown as filed, with the CRA line numbers, so a reader can check them against the return.
A low share spent on programs is not by itself evidence of anything. Fundraising costs money, a year of building a reserve looks like underspending, and grant-making foundations pass money onward rather than running programs. The lines are shown as filed, with the CRA line numbers, so a reader can check them against the return.
Public money on record
Federal contracts
$4,190,875
across 151 awards, 2004–2026
| Paying institution | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 40 | $1,059,252 |
| Natural Resources Canada | 11 | $484,604 |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 17 | $430,950 |
| Canadian Heritage | 6 | $309,133 |
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | 11 | $283,247 |
| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | 6 | $205,417 |
| Canada Revenue Agency | 5 | $171,497 |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | 8 | $165,284 |
| Global Affairs Canada | 8 | $136,036 |
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | 4 | $97,921 |
Federal grants and contributions
$7,725,442
across 40 agreements, 2006–2026
| Paying institution | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Heritage | 9 | $6,069,999 |
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | 10 | $341,000 |
| Natural Resources Canada | 6 | $325,000 |
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | 2 | $319,623 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 6 | $297,320 |
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 1 | $225,000 |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | 1 | $50,000 |
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | 2 | $27,500 |
| Department of Finance Canada | 1 | $25,000 |
| Health Canada | 1 | $25,000 |
Value as published, not money paid. The federal contract value field includes the ceiling of standing offers and supply arrangements — purchasing capacity a department may never draw on. A large figure here can mean a large ceiling rather than a large payment.
Awards are attached to this record only where the evidence identifies exactly one organisation: a name and postal area that narrow to a single company, or a name unique across the whole national corpus. Proactive publication truncates the vendor postal code to three characters, so anything that could belong to more than one company is left unattached rather than guessed at. Totals are a floor in that direction. The full rules.
Awards are attached to this record only where the evidence identifies exactly one organisation: a name and postal area that narrow to a single company, or a name unique across the whole national corpus. Proactive publication truncates the vendor postal code to three characters, so anything that could belong to more than one company is left unattached rather than guessed at. Totals are a floor in that direction. The full rules.
Timeline
- Federal grant — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$10,000
- Federal contract — Natural Resources Canada$20,000
- Federal grant — Natural Resources Canada$30,000
- Federal contract — Pacific Economic Development Canada$13,000
- Federal contract — Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission$15,007
- Federal contract — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$13,000
- Federal contract — Health Canada$33,900
- Federal contract — Prairies Economic Development Canada$35,100
- Federal contract — Employment and Social Development Canada$39,500
- Federal contract — Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission$13,000
- Federal grant — Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency$225,000
- Federal contract — Natural Resources Canada$20,000
- Federal contract — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$33,900
- Federal grant — Canada Energy Regulator$20,000
- Federal grant — Natural Resources Canada$30,000
- Federal contract — Prairies Economic Development Canada$14,690
- Federal contract — Global Affairs Canada$19,775
- Federal grant — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$10,000
- Federal contract — Canada Revenue Agency$20,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$943,500
- Federal contract — Natural Resources Canada$22,600
- Federal contract — Environment and Climate Change Canada$40,000
- Federal contract — Health Canada$33,900
- Federal contract — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$33,900
- Federal contract — Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission$29,380
- Federal contract — Canada Revenue Agency$20,000
- Federal contract — Natural Resources Canada$22,600
- Federal grant — Natural Resources Canada$30,000
- Federal contract — Health Canada$30,000
- Federal contract — Natural Resources Canada$19,210
- Federal grant — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$20,000
- Federal contract — Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission$67,800
- Federal contract — Environment and Climate Change Canada$39,092
- Federal contract — Canada Revenue Agency$17,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$624,500
- Federal contract — Employment and Social Development Canada$24,145
- Federal contract — Women and Gender Equality Canada$22,500
- Federal grant — Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$20,000
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$12,680
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$325,000
Showing the 40 most recent of 192 dated events.
Why this is one record
6 public datasets from 3 independent publishers describe this organisation. They were joined into one record because the evidence below agreed — never on a matching name alone.
- Shares business number 844430009asserted by Canada Revenue Agency and Corporations Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
An automatic merge requires a shared business number, or a matching name AND address — never a name by itself. How resolution works.
Where this record comes from
| Dataset | Last captured | Cadence | Coverage kept | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered charities — directors and officers (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 2, 2026 | P1Y | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Registered charities — financial data (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 5, 2026 | P1Y | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Registered charities — identification (2024 returns) Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 8, 2026 | P1Y | 2 captures · 1 comparisons | current |
| Proactive publication — federal contracts over $10,000 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 1, 2026 | P3M | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
| Federal corporations — active not-for-profit, co-operative and boards of trade Corporations Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) · Open Government Licence – Canada | October 24, 2026 | P1D | 11 captures · 10 comparisons | due |
| Proactive disclosure — federal grants and contributions Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Open Government Licence – Canada | September 3, 2026 | P3M | 1 captures · 0 comparisons | current |
Freshness is measured, not implied. “Last captured” is when this project last completed a read of the whole source dataset. “Coverage kept” is how many immutable captures and meaningful capture-to-capture comparisons are available. A missed day remains an explicit gap; a later snapshot cannot tell us what happened inside it. See every source.
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