The Fraser Institute
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119233823RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,513,967) as filed with the CRA.
The Fraser Institute is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.8M in revenue and $16.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 64 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 34 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 55 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2.4M in 2024, the largest being $2.4M to Fraser Institute Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $8.9M in 2020 to $16.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 61 names.
In its own words
Carry out research on the following topics; Fiscal and Economic Policy Environmental Policy Energy & Natural Resources Policy Health Studies Economic Freedom publish books monographs & digital monographs on each topics. Hold conferences seminars and various speaker programs in cities across Canada. Operate educational programs for students teachers and journalists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.8M | $16.5M | $11.6M | $668K | $2.4M | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $15.1M | $14.9M | $10.8M | $583K | $1.9M | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $12M | $12.3M | $8.8M | $484K | $1.4M | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $10.4M | $9.7M | $7.8M | $301K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $8.9M | $9.1M | $7.1M | $581K | $53K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.4M to 1 qualified donee:
- Fraser Institute Foundation$2.4M
Received $2.7M from 64 charities:
- The Schulich Foundation$500K
- Beedie Foundation$500K
- The Hearn Family Foundation$200K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$165K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$135K
- Carthy Foundation$105K
- Arrell Family Foundation$100K
- Shaw Family Foundation$82K
- The 1988 Foundation$60K
- Aron Charitable Foundation$50K
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$50K
- Hunter Family Foundation$50K
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Asso$50K
- KSBK Charitable Foundation$50K
- Brookfield Partners Foundation$50K
- The Calgary Foundation$39K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$39K
- The Jarislowsky Foundation/la Fondation Jarislowsky$36K
- The Sixty Three Foundation$35K
- The Sonor Foundation$30K
- The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation$30K
- Madonna Foundation$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- The Wilson Foundation la Fondation Wilson$25K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions55
- Total compensation, all staff$7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jill Angevine (director); Kathy Assayag (director); Brian Baker (director); Ryan Beedie (director); Brad Bennett (director); Peter Brown (director); Alex Chafuen (director); Derwood Chase Jr. (director); Heather Culbert (director); Geoff Cumming (director); James Davidson (director); Wayne Deans (director); Gary Dhaliwal (director); Anna El-Erian (director); Grant Fagerheim (director); W. Robert Farquharson (director); Greg Fleck (director); Paul Fletcher (director); Shaun Francis (director); Guy Goodwin (director); Douglas Goss (director); Peter Grosskopf (director); Brent Hesje (director); Andrew Judson (director); Brian Kenning (director); Hassan Khosrowshahi (director); Craig Langdon (director); Graham Lee (director); Pierre Lessard (director); Brandt Louie (director); Margaret-Jean Mannix (director); Kenneth Mariash Sr. (director); J. Scott McCain (director); Tracey McVicar (director); George Melville (director); Gwyn Morgan (director); John O'Neill (director); Herb Pinder (director); Ron Poelzer (director); H. Sanford Riley (director); John Risley (director); Mark Scott (director); Rod Senft (director); David Sutherland (director); Catherine Swift (director); Arni Thorsteinson (director); Nancy Tower (director); Brad Wall (director); Jonathan Wener (director); Donald Wheaton (director); Michael Walker (honourary member); Niels Veldhuis (executive president); Jason Clemens (secretary treasurer); Paul Hill (director); Marc Beauchamp (director); Catherine McLeod-Seltzer (director); Nuvyn Peters (director); Nigel Wright (director); Ronald Mathison (director); Jacoline Loewen (director); Ryan Chambers (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Fraser Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119233823RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.