KWANTLEN Polytechnic University
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 107579633RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($278,056,000) as filed with the CRA.
KWANTLEN Polytechnic University is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $345.7M in revenue and $278.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.1M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1,526 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.1M in 2024, the largest being $3.1M to Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $210.3M in 2020 to $345.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The university offers career vocational developmental and academic programs from its richmond langley and surrey campuses located in southwestern british columbia
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $345.7M | $278.1M | $194.7M | — | $3.1M | $204.7M |
| 2023 | $262.7M | $255M | $175.1M | — | $7M | $134.4M |
| 2022 | $230.8M | $230.2M | $137.3M | — | $7M | $129.4M |
| 2021 | $214M | $209.9M | — | — | $10M | $128.9M |
| 2020 | $210.3M | $205.6M | — | — | $3.1M | $122.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3.1M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $4.1M from 15 charities:
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University Foundation$3.4M
- Weston Family Foundation$667K
- Coram Deo Foundation$7,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Rotary Club of Semiahmoo (white Rock) B.C. Canada Charitable Trust$4,000
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$2,000
- The Leonard Foundation$1,732
- South Surrey & White Rock Art Society$1,500
- Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society$1,500
- ASTTBC Foundation$1,400
- Port Coquitlam Community Foundation$1,224
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,200
- Central Okanagan Bursary and Scholarship Society$1,000
- New Car Dealers Foundation of BC$1,000
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$670
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,526
- Total compensation, all staff$194M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alan Davis (ex officio/president); Kim Baird (ex officio/chancellor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from KWANTLEN Polytechnic University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107579633RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.