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MCMASTER UNIVERSITY ONTARIO

EIN 23-7213309 CANADA

Revenue 2024
$1,115,308,465
Expenses 2024
$999,465,567

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
HAMILTON ONTARIO L8S 4L8

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DAVID FARRAR

    PRESIDENT/VICE-CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $399,289
    From this org
    $379,418
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,871
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $323,567
    Bonus
    $48,702
    Other
    $7,149
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,871
    Filer's total
    $399,289

  • CLAUDIA EMERSON

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $378,313
    From this org
    $343,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,140
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,343
    Filer's total
    $378,313

  • SALIM YUSUF

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $368,561
    From this org
    $360,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,351
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,559
    Bonus
    $18,651
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,351
    Filer's total
    $368,561

  • PAUL O'BYRNE

    VP FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

    Total calculated
    $359,226
    From this org
    $340,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,473
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $293,944
    Bonus
    $39,946
    Other
    $6,863
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,473
    Filer's total
    $359,226

  • SUSAN TIGHE

    PROVOST/VP ACADEMIC/BOARD

    Total calculated
    $358,289
    From this org
    $324,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $288,251
    Bonus
    $28,924
    Other
    $6,863
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,421
    Filer's total
    $358,289

  • MOHIT BHANDARI

    Chair, Department of Surgery

    Total calculated
    $335,122
    From this org
    $321,708
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,414
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,708
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,414
    Filer's total
    $335,122

  • Mick Bhatia

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $329,915
    From this org
    $296,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,192
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,723
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,362
    Filer's total
    $329,915

  • SAHER FAZILAT

    VP - OPERATIONS AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $314,174
    From this org
    $282,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,199
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,933
    Bonus
    $25,179
    Other
    $6,863
    Deferred
    $11,488
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,711
    Filer's total
    $314,174

  • LEONARD WAVERMAN

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $313,618
    From this org
    $296,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,794
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $296,824
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,794
    Filer's total
    $313,618

  • Andy Knights

    Acting VP Research

    Total calculated
    $306,967
    From this org
    $276,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,916
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,008
    Bonus
    $25,180
    Other
    $6,863
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,086
    Filer's total
    $306,967

  • Jeremiah Hurley

    Acting Provost and VP-Academic

    Total calculated
    $282,560
    From this org
    $252,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,387
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,928
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $21,245
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,557
    Filer's total
    $282,560

  • Lili Litwin

    VP University Advancement

    Total calculated
    $250,309
    From this org
    $223,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,528
    Bonus
    $19,720
    Other
    $6,882
    Deferred
    $12,661
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,518
    Filer's total
    $250,309

  • DINA BROOKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $230,449
    From this org
    $200,486
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,312
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $7,174
    Deferred
    $17,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,916
    Filer's total
    $230,449

  • Sue McCracken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $219,401
    From this org
    $190,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,651
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,750
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,821
    Filer's total
    $219,401

  • Andrea Beth Thyret-kidd

    Secretary of the Board

    Total calculated
    $181,568
    From this org
    $154,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,909
    Bonus
    $4,835
    Other
    $5,543
    Deferred
    $14,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,543
    Filer's total
    $181,568

  • Saara Greene

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $170,733
    From this org
    $144,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,948
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,785
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,848
    Filer's total
    $170,733

  • BRENDA VRKLJAN

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $167,701
    From this org
    $143,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,570
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,387
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,744
    Filer's total
    $167,701

  • Catherine Anderson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $167,669
    From this org
    $141,898
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,771
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,898
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,970
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,801
    Filer's total
    $167,669

  • Arlene Dosen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $145,995
    From this org
    $122,828
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,167
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mayu Nishimura

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $143,006
    From this org
    $121,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,642
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROGER COULDREY

    Former VP-Adminsitration

    Total calculated
    $130,745
    From this org
    $111,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,360
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,656
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,729
    Filer's total
    $130,745

  • Megumi Harada

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $109,084
    From this org
    $84,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,104
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Zheng

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $95,904
    From this org
    $82,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,043
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kelly Snow

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $52,640
    From this org
    $46,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,111
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Christine Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $14,340
    From this org
    $14,299
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,115,308,465
    Expenses
    $999,465,567
    Contributions
    $507,943,867
    Grants paid
    $81,140,743
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,123,040,065
    Expenses
    $1,021,245,651
    Contributions
    $525,106,967
    Grants paid
    $72,102,478
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,057,098,060
    Expenses
    $944,578,133
    Contributions
    $496,380,497
    Grants paid
    $61,496,776

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility FORGN.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.