Thompson Rivers University
Publicly funded institution · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 118838531RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($275,027,928) as filed with the CRA.
Thompson Rivers University is a charitable organization based in Kamloops, 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 $275.1M in revenue and $275M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from government. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.8M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 1,466 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Kamloops Food Bank.
In its own words
Thompson Rivers University operates as an accredited Post Secondary University offering a variety of undergraduate and masters degrees as well as a variety of diplomas certificates and continuing education courses.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $275.1M | $275M | $253.8M | $510K | $6,000 | $198.6M |
| 2023 | $259.4M | $246.5M | $226.7M | $704K | $3,200 | $193.8M |
| 2022 | $227.3M | $220.8M | $203.1M | $767K | — | $183.9M |
| 2021 | $229.3M | $211.9M | $189.8M | $857K | $5M | $178.8M |
| 2020 | $241M | $220.7M | $201.5M | $831K | $17K | $155.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 2 qualified donees:
- Kamloops Food Bank$5,000
- Fraser Basin Council Society$1,000
Received $4.8M from 19 charities:
- Thompson Rivers University Foundation$4.6M
- The Victoria Foundation$100K
- Breast Cancer Canada Cancer du sein du Canada$25K
- United Way British Columbia$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$11K
- Jack and Sylvia Gin Foundation$10K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$10K
- CWB Welding Foundation$9,663
- The Calgary Foundation$6,000
- Central Okanagan Bursary and Scholarship Society$4,537
- Minerva Foundation for BC Women$2,500
- The Calgary Foundation$2,000
- R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- ASTTBC Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,000
- Skills For Hope Foundation$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
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
- $300,000–349,9993 positions
- $250,000–299,9995 positions
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1,466
- Total compensation, all staff$179.1M
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 Thompson Rivers University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118838531RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.