Student Association of the British Columbia Institute of Technology
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 106778434RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,616,012) as filed with the CRA.
Student Association of the British Columbia Institute of Technology is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $12.7M in revenue and $10.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 61 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $36K in 2024, the largest being $36K to British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
We run and operate programs for the student community of BCIT: -liaison with BCIT administration to advocate for student issues and concerns; -organize and promote various education campaigns on campuses: Violence against women alcohol awareness harm reduction health awareness; -organize and run student focused events: orientation weeks grad events sustainable awareness events; -provide and administer student health and dental insurance program; -operate and subsidize student orientated services: newspaper printing services lounge and campus convenience stores peer tutoring Advocacy …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.7M | $10.6M | $5.4M | $241 | $36K | $12.3M |
| 2023 | $11.4M | $10.3M | $4.9M | $1,711 | $36K | $10.2M |
| 2022 | $10.9M | $10.2M | $4.6M | $2,009 | $51K | $9.1M |
| 2021 | $10.7M | $7.8M | $4.2M | $209 | $138K | $8.4M |
| 2020 | $11.4M | $10.7M | $4.4M | $4,833 | $55K | $5.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $36K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $106K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions61
- Total compensation, all staff$5.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Roland Gagel (officer - executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Student Association of the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106778434RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.