Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118787142RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,665,696) as filed with the CRA.
Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.6M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from other charities. In 2024, 35 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $705K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 42 qualified donees totalling $1.1M in 2024, the largest being $225K to The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.8M in 2020 to $7.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The diocese provides oversight and administrative pastoral and program support to the 45 parishes of the diocese on vancouver island and gulf islands. We provide assistance and grants to support churches in remote locations to parishes encountering setbacks and other charitable work. This is done through direct grants and grants to our provincial adn national churche bodies. We provide pastoral support to students at the university of victoria. We work with first nations towards reconciliation and healing of wounds from the residential schools and assist with language revitalization. We a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6M | $5.7M | $3.2M | — | $1.1M | $90.2M |
| 2023 | $7.3M | $6.5M | $4.2M | — | $1.1M | $92.7M |
| 2022 | -$145K | $4.4M | $1.8M | — | $1.2M | $75.4M |
| 2021 | $6.5M | $3.8M | $1.4M | — | $977K | $75.5M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $4.3M | $1.7M | — | $1.1M | $76.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.1M to 42 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada$225K
- Christ Church Cathedral Buildings Limited$164K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$111K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$106K
- Two Saints Ministry - St David St Peter$49K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$34K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$32K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$28K
- The Anglican Provincial Synod of British Columbia$27K
- University of Victoria$25K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$23K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$23K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$20K
- Parish of St. Peter & St. Paul$18K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$17K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$15K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$15K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$14K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$14K
- ST. Stephen-Saanich$13K
- ST. Columba Church$13K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$11K
- The Anglican Parish of St. Peter Quamichan$10K
- Emmaus Community$10K
- Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay$9,504
Received $705K from 35 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$186K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$60K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$54K
- The United Church of Canada$42K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$37K
- The Anglican Parish of St. Peter Quamichan$35K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$35K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$33K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$33K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- The United Church of Canada$23K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$18K
- ST. PHILIPS ANGLICAN CHURCH Cedar$17K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$14K
- The Anglican Provincial Synod of British Columbia$10K
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$8,520
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$5,000
- Synod of the Diocese of Yukon$4,120
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,820
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$1,135
- Werner & Helga Hoing Foundation$1,000
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$1,000
- The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine Victoria$984
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Wolff (registrar); Eric Patridge (executive archdeacon); Susan Rand (lay secretary); Anna Greenwood-Lee (biship); Isabel Weeks (chancellor); Joel Hefty (treasurer); Heather Robinson (clerical secretary); Brendon Neilson (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118787142RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.