The Terry Fox Research Institute
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 853942597RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($47,093,578) as filed with the CRA.
The Terry Fox Research Institute is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under research. 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 $47.9M in revenue and $47.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government, 44% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23.4M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23.9M in 2020 to $47.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47.9M | $47.1M | $45.7M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $31.7M | $31.4M | $30.1M | $0 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $31.8M | $31.6M | $30.4M | — | — | $805K |
| 2021 | $14.7M | $14.2M | $13.1M | — | — | $609K |
| 2020 | $23.9M | $23.8M | $22.6M | — | — | $106K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23.4M from 12 charities:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$23.1M
- David and Dorothy Lam Foundation$200K
- La fondation du cancer du sein du Québec/Québec Breast Cancer Foundation$100K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$4,727
- Conam Charitable Foundation$4,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$2,230
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,200
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,110
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$905
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$273
- United Way Serving Saint John Kings and Charlotte Inc.$100
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$37
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victor Ling (director); Christopher Paige (chairperson); Darrell Fox (director); Carolyn Chisholm (director); Michael Mazza (director); Marla Shapiro (director); Carol Chiang (director); James Woodgett (director); John Bell (director); Linda Penn (director); Wendy Freeman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Terry Fox Research Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853942597RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.