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BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION

BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 88 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,690,777 to it, the largest being BEEDIE FOUNDATION (C$4,677,166). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
C$14M
Funders on record
88
Grants received
C$20M
Net assets
C$36M
59/88 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What British Columbia Institute of Technology Foundation does

Ongoing programs

The bcit foundation raises funds to further the goals and objectives of british columbia institute of technology ('bcit') for the development and expansion of the education programs services capital projects and other initiatives as recommended by bcit the bcit foundation is building a legacy of life-long learning for british columbians with donor support in the form of awards bursaries and scholarships. Bcit students learn new skills and transform their dreams into reality.

As stated on its FY2024 T3010.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$5.8M) Expenses 100 (C$5.0M) Net assets 100 (C$29M)2018 Revenue 129 (C$7.4M) Expenses 108 (C$5.4M) Net assets 105 (C$31M)2019 Revenue 128 (C$7.4M) Expenses 65 (C$3.2M) Net assets 117 (C$34M)2020 Revenue 93 (C$5.4M) Expenses 78 (C$3.9M) Net assets 111 (C$32M)2021 Revenue 146 (C$8.5M) Expenses 165 (C$8.2M) Net assets 128 (C$37M)2022 Revenue 529 (C$31M) Expenses 211 (C$10M) Net assets 139 (C$41M)2023 Revenue 403 (C$23M) Expenses 359 (C$18M) Net assets 138 (C$41M)2024 Revenue 235 (C$14M) Expenses 143 (C$7.1M) Net assets 121 (C$36M)
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Revenue (235)Expenses (143)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from C$47M to C$62M (+31%).

C$29M
C$32M
C$36M
C$37M
C$47M
C$62M
C$63M
C$71M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

62% of BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (2% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 50 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$806k
’17
C$2.1M
’18
C$4.2M
’19
C$1.5M
’20
C$242k
’21
C$20M
’22
C$5.4M
’23
C$6.5M
’24
2.9
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed11810121011910
Joined·+1+2+2+1+2+2+1
No longer listed·4003140
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose C$784k → C$2.8M.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Beedie Foundationunclassified
C$4.7M
C$1.3M
C$1.0M
C$757k
Tkc-Cnc Foundationunclassified
C$625k
C$590k
C$575k
C$392k
C$250k
C$220k
Diamond Foundationunclassified
C$125k
Canada Givesunclassified
C$107k
C$105k
C$100k
funders
34
41
42
41
40
38
38
43

From the CRA filings of BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 88 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION.

24%
largest funder
46%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 32% · 2019 27% · 2020 50% · 2021 38% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

56% of BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

87% of BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from British Columbia funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’21
’22
’23
British Columbia out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$39k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 61 support of schools and education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin48% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 61 support of schools and education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government revenue BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$25k
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19
20
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  • 0% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In British Columbia

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION?
BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (British Columbia) receives grants from 88 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$19,690,777 to it, the largest being BEEDIE FOUNDATION (C$4,677,166). 59 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 88 organizations giving C$19,690,777 in grants to BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, 59 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION?
BEEDIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$4,677,166 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in British Columbia.

These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 88 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register