Fraser Institute Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 895155406RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,404,951) as filed with the CRA.
Fraser Institute Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.5M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 49% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $575K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to The Fraser Institute. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.9M in 2020 to $7.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide a medium for charitable gifts donations and bequests. Manage endowment funds to provide support for the Fraser Institute and other similar organizations whose primary intent is to study and communicate the impact of economic freedom
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.5M | $2.4M | $323K | — | $1.7M | $30.6M |
| 2023 | $4.3M | $2.3M | $327K | — | $1.6M | $25.5M |
| 2022 | $3.7M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M | $22.8M |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $980K | $21.3M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $1.2M | — | — | $867K | $18.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 1 qualified donee:
- The Fraser Institute$1.7M
Received $575K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$311K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Fleck (director); Anna El-Erian (director); Guy Goodwin (director); Brian Kenning (director); Jason Clemens (president); Venia Tan (secretary-treasurer); Jill Angevine (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fraser Institute Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895155406RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.