University of Northern British Columbia
Publicly funded institution · Prince George, British Columbia · BN 121627350RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($146,623,000) as filed with the CRA.
University of Northern British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Prince George, 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 $145M in revenue and $146.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 773 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Provide post secondary education and research in the following 1) natural resources 2) environmental studies 3) business 4) science 5) health and human science 6) arts 7) civil and environmental engineering 8) graduate studies
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $145M | $146.6M | $102M | $408K | — | $159.4M |
| 2023 | $138K | $132K | $91K | $374 | — | $160K |
| 2022 | $125.6M | $124M | $87.5M | $234K | — | $151.9M |
| 2021 | $117.4M | $114.2M | $78.3M | $846K | — | $148.5M |
| 2020 | $120.7M | $121.7M | $84.3M | $846K | — | $145.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.8M from 26 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$1.1M
- Vancouver Foundation$222K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$95K
- Actua$77K
- Moss Rock Park Foundation$73K
- Tula Foundation$65K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$30K
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$20K
- United Way British Columbia$15K
- Smithers Christian Reformed Church$13K
- Association of BC Professional Foresters (abcpf) Forestrust$10K
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$10K
- The Prince George Community Foundation$9,000
- Chartered Professional Accountants' Education Foundation of British Columbia$6,000
- Auxiliary to University Hospital of Northern British Columbia Society$4,000
- Bowen Island Community Foundation$3,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,500
- Minerva Foundation for BC Women$2,500
- Skills For Hope Foundation$1,500
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,400
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,206
- Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation$1,000
- Wonder Women Society$1,000
- Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia$1,000
- Northwestern Alberta Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9993 positions
- $200,000–249,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions773
- Total compensation, all staff$96.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Geoff Payne (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from University of Northern British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121627350RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.