Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is an academic institution based in British Columbia that focuses on research and knowledge development with a goal of, “advancing an inclusive and sustainable future.” 1 The university has campuses in the British Columbian cities of Burnaby, Vancouver, and Surrey. 1

At-A-Glance

Website: www.sfu.ca
Formation:

1965

Location: Burnaby, BC View on map
Tax ID: 30-0505256
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $2,220,493,813 Revenue: $709,067,336 Expenses: $704,535,102

Simon Fraser University is an academic institution based in British Columbia that focuses on research and knowledge development with a goal of, “advancing an inclusive and sustainable future.” 1 The university has campuses in the British Columbian cities of Burnaby, Vancouver, and Surrey. 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $2,220,493,813 $709,067,336 $704,535,102 View
2024 $2,178,514,665 $721,537,965 $725,196,564 View
2023 $2,074,314,597 $656,320,206 $647,760,097 View
2022 $2,219,643,595 $690,303,634 $668,606,581 View
2021 $2,048,431,002 $659,070,107 $626,209,494 View
2020 $1,583,109,371 $571,243,545 $542,137,258 View

Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Joy JohnsonPresident Vice – Chancellor$329,738
Rassier Dilson EtcheverryVice President – Academic Provost$287,434
Goddyn LuisProfessor$277,596
Fiume Eugene LucasProfessor$264,197
Pochurko MartinFormer VP- Finance Administration$260,056
Price DavidProfessor$257,034
Reo Nicholas JamesProfessor$256,151
Kaida Angela KananaProfessor$251,961
Gemino AndrewAssoc Dean Beedie Business School$250,118
Griffith Terri LynnProfessor$233,470
O'Neil Dugan CliveVice President – Research and International$229,746
Yabome Gilpin-JacksonVice President – PEI$225,674
Curry JoanneFormer VP- External Relations$211,642
Morantz Erin LoriVP Advancement Alumni Engagement$207,307
Daniel LeznoffFaculty Member$166,758
Former VP-Academic ProvostParkhouse Wade$165,506
Collard MarkProfessor$150,097
Hanna CarolynProfessor$110,741
Harding JonFormer VP- Finance Administration$4,180

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $30,320,240
  • Number of Grants: 281
  • Number of Funders: 147

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$4,935,0002022 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationto support an expansive interdisciplinary approach to critical data studies to address issues such as misinformation, disinformation, and data literacy
$1,725,4802021 Canada Foundation for InnovationATLAS Tier-1 Data Centre
$1,638,6142020 Gates FoundationTo provide near-term and ongoing research, analysis and policy guidance on the gendered risks, impact & response related to the COVID-19 pandemic in LMICs using qualitative and quantitative data
$750,3752025 Gates Foundationto build an evidence base that supports the foundation's Open Access Policy work
$498,8542020 National Institutes of HealthLocalized economic modeling to optimize public health strategies for HIV treatment and prevention
$345,0002024 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationto support the preservation and production of materials through the Indigenous Kinship Archive
$215,0002022 CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATIONto support opportunities to further industrial decarbonization in Canada and internationally
$212,2902020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$159,9992020 National Institutes of HealthLocalized economic modeling to optimize public health strategies for HIV treatment and prevention
$152,6112022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$151,8232020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$125,0002023 The Ford FoundationCore support to Structure Lab to imagine business models and supply chains to root out labor exploitation and inform a more equitable economy.
$105,0002022 Wilburforce FoundationENVIRONMENTAL
$100,0002020 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.FOR ITS CASCADIA CLIMATE PROJECT
$56,5242020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$55,0002021 Wilburforce FoundationENVIRONMENTAL
$30,0002020 Wilburforce FoundationENVIRONMENTAL
$25,0002022 Gates Foundationto sponsor a symposium focused on Human Milk and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) as part of the 2022 DOHaD congress
$25,0002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$20,0002022 Williams Chas K II 1984 Foundation Trs UdSCHOLARSHIPS
$10,0002020 Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyInternational fellow research in urban China
$9,0462021 Legacy Global Foundation, Inc.PUBLIC SUPPORT
$9,0002021 The New York Community Trustfor a scholarship award
$9,0002020 The New York Community TrustFor a scholarship award
$6,6162021 National Collegiate Athletic AssociationScholarships/Grants

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $17,467,241
  • Number of Grants: 6
  • Number of Recipients: 2

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$4,565,4822023 Multiple North America RecipientsResearch – grants are made mostly to other Canadian universities for research purposes.
$4,503,7632022 Multiple North America RecipientsResearch Accounting method: FRF Financial Reporting Framework under the Canadian Public Section Accounting Standards (PSAS) Assistance to organization: grants are made mostly to other Canadian universities for research purposes.
$3,715,8872021 Multiple North America RecipientsResearch Accounting method: FRF Financial Reporting Framework under the Canadian Public Section Accounting Standards (PSAS) Assistance to Organization: grants are made mostly to other Canadian universities for research purposes.
$1,775,4562020 Multiple North America RecipientsResearch
$1,760,5052024 Multiple North America RecipientsResearch – grants are made mainly to other Canadian universities for research purposes

References

1. “Who We Are.” Simon Fraser University, Accessed May 15, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/about/who-we-are.html