The University of British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108161779RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,565,909,100) as filed with the CRA.
The University of British Columbia 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 $3.7B in revenue and $3.6B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from government. In 2024, 316 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $65.8M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 15,490 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $24K in 2024, the largest being $14K to VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7B | $3.6B | $3.3B | $39.2M | $56K | $2.7B |
| 2023 | $3.4B | $3.3B | $3.1B | $33.3M | $27K | $2.6B |
| 2022 | $3.5B | $3.1B | $2.9B | $31.5M | -$24K | $2.5B |
| 2021 | $3B | $2.9B | $2.7B | $28M | $1.3M | $2.5B |
| 2020 | $3B | $2.8B | $2.7B | $28.2M | $1,000 | $2.2B |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $24K to 8 qualified donees:
- VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation$14K
- BC Cancer Part of The Provincial Health Services Authority$4,051
- Indian Residential School Survivors Society$2,825
- Stqeeye Learning Society$1,786
- Central Okanagan Food Bank$1,000
- Providence Health Care Society$188
- Canadian Association of Research Libraries$177
- Royal Canadian Legion$85
Received $65.8M from 316 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$10M
- Weston Family Foundation$5.5M
- Vancouver Foundation$3.7M
- Breakthrough T1D Canada/Percée DT1 Canada$3.3M
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$3M
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$2.5M
- Canadian Cancer Society$2.2M
- Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education$2.2M
- BC Women's Health Foundation$1.9M
- Conconi Family Foundation$1.5M
- Dan on Charitable Foundation$1.4M
- The Tuey Charitable Foundation$1.3M
- Mastercard Foundation$1.2M
- Praxis Spinal Cord Institute$1M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1M
- The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation$1M
- Rick Hansen Foundation$969K
- The Highbury Foundation$900K
- Moss Rock Park Foundation$843K
- Diabetes Canada Diabète Canada$833K
- Tula Foundation$807K
- Koerner Foundation$745K
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$725K
- Thistledown Foundation$720K
- Actua$697K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over10 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15,490
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The University of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108161779RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.