Douglas College
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 118887579RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($197,674,544) as filed with the CRA.
Douglas College is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $208.5M in revenue and $197.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $410K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 1,000 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Douglas college is a post secondary institute that provides undergraduate training and education by combining the academic foundation of a university with the employer-ready skills of a college. The college offers a variety of degree diploma and certificate programs general interest and contract courses on a full and/ or part time basis
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $208.5M | $197.7M | $156.6M | $798K | — | $200.5M |
| 2023 | $196.5M | $182.7M | $138.1M | $157K | $1.5M | $168.5M |
| 2022 | $190.2M | $173.1M | $131.4M | $220K | $1.8M | $156.2M |
| 2021 | $177.7M | $161.9M | $122.2M | $273K | $1.4M | $144.1M |
| 2020 | $184.6M | $168.4M | $123.4M | $219K | $1.2M | $115.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $410K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,000
- Total compensation, all staff$144M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Danna Domasig (board member); Ava Ferenc (board member); Adel Gamar (board member); Brian Haugen (board member); Bereket Kebede (board member); Natasha Knox (board member); Marilyn Marchment (board member); Sally Mennill (board member); Naljinder Narang (board member); Mohammad Raflei (board member); Daniel Rothwell (board member); Erin Rozman (board member); Jin Taek Shim (board member); Susan Todd (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Douglas College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118887579RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.