Langara College
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 137477717RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($211,927,577) as filed with the CRA.
Langara College is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 $215M in revenue and $211.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $420K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 1,021 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3M in 2024, the largest being $3M to Langara College Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Post - secondary education providing university studiesm carrer studies and continuing studies programs and courses
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215M | $211.9M | $59.4M | $1.1M | $3M | $121.8M |
| 2023 | $187.3M | $186M | $61.1M | $801K | $1.8M | $118.7M |
| 2022 | $173.5M | $172.6M | $51.7M | $138K | $1.9M | $124.8M |
| 2021 | $168.3M | $164.2M | $71.1M | $827K | $1.7M | $123.9M |
| 2020 | $180.9M | $170.4M | $71.8M | $826K | $1.7M | $119.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $420K from 10 charities:
- Langara College Foundation$369K
- Pena Family Foundation$38K
- Coram Deo Foundation$2,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Toronto Foundation$2,000
- Port Coquitlam Community Foundation$1,966
- Delta Community Foundation$1,800
- Skills For Hope Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
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
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions1,021
- Total compensation, all staff$153.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paula Burns (board member (ex officio)); Michael Koke (like official).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Langara College’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137477717RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.