Trinity Western University
Publicly funded institution · Langley, British Columbia · BN 108142001RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($124,879,025) as filed with the CRA.
Trinity Western University is a charitable organization based in Langley, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $131.5M in revenue and $124.9M in expenditures.
In 2024, 48 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 525 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $3,900 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Encompass Support Services Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Founded in 1962 Trinity Western University is a global Christian liberal arts university. We are dedicated to equipping students to discover meaningful connections between career life and the needs of the world. Drawing upon the riches of the Christian tradition seeking to unite faith and reason through teaching and scholarship Trinity Western University is a degree-granting research institution offering liberal arts and sciences as well as professional schools in business nursing education human kinetics graduate studies and arts media and culture. It has four locations in Canada:…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $131.5M | $124.9M | $113.9M | $816K | $3,900 | $214.7M |
| 2023 | $114.4M | $111M | $100M | $863K | — | $208M |
| 2022 | $118.6M | $104.5M | $94.7M | $1.4M | $100 | $204.6M |
| 2021 | $120.2M | $91.4M | $82.4M | $1.3M | $250 | $190.5M |
| 2020 | $110.9M | $101.8M | $92.4M | $1.6M | — | $161.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,900 to 3 qualified donees:
- Encompass Support Services Society$2,000
- Team Up Canada$1,400
- Richmond Cares Richmond Gives Society$500
Received $1.7M from 48 charities:
- Spartan Foundation$831K
- Koinonia Charitable Trust$100K
- Munday-Maxwell & Gaylene-Association$80K
- Canadian National Christian Foundation$69K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$62K
- Vancouver Foundation$53K
- Coram Deo Foundation$53K
- The Jaylin Foundation$50K
- The Jacobson Family Foundation$50K
- Bridgeway Foundation$50K
- Seacliff Foundation$40K
- Canada Institute of Linguistics$29K
- Abundance Canada$28K
- The Arthur J E Child Foundation$25K
- Thanksgiver Private Foundation$20K
- Toronto Foundation$20K
- D.H. Falle Family Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- The Oikodome Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$8,109
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,488
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,276
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$6,000
- Institute for Liberal Studies Inc.$5,500
- Salmon River Enhancement Society$5,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over4 positions
- $300,000–349,9994 positions
- $250,000–299,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions525
- Total compensation, all staff$65.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Angelica Del Vasto (board member); William Francis (board secretary); Leighton Friesen (board treasurer); Mark Husbands (board member); Julie Kerr (board member); Matthew Kwok (board member); Aaron Rogers (board member); Matthew St. John (board chair); Bill Taylor (board member); Perky (Priscilla) Vetter (board member); Michelle Holland (board member); Trygve Johnson (board member); Vijay Manuel (board member); Cary Skidmore (board member); Clayton Tuffnell (board member); Carissa Youssef (board member); Dawit Isaac (board member); David Lauber (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trinity Western University’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108142001RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.