Be the Change Earth Alliance Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 818009276RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($353,583) as filed with the CRA.
Be the Change Earth Alliance Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $365K in revenue and $354K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 43% from government, 43% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $166K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $227K in 2020 to $365K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We deliver education and empowerment programs for youth and educators. Our flagship program student leadership for change (slc) is an online library of learning resources focused on eco-social justice and taking action. We support educators to engage their students in meaningful learning and action on issues including environmental justice climate change biodiversity loss pollution and more. This fiscal year over 200 teachers registered to access our learning library bringing the total number of registered teachers to over 1800. Through slc teachers brought empowering eco-social educa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $365K | $354K | $333K | — | — | $169K |
| 2023 | $374K | $382K | $345K | — | — | $159K |
| 2022 | $458K | $386K | $351K | — | — | $166K |
| 2021 | $330K | $291K | $268K | $24 | — | $94K |
| 2020 | $227K | $207K | $204K | $258 | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $166K from 17 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$60K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$25K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$15K
- Honda Canada Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$10K
- Hodgson Family Foundation$10K
- S.M. Blair Family Foundation$5,000
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$2,500
- Face the World Foundation$2,500
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Lohn Foundation$1,000
- Schein Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$828
- The Coffey Family Foundation$500
- The Zacks Family Charitable Foundation$300
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$275K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Derek Lacroix (president); Abhayjeet Sachal (director); Aaron Leung (director); David Pel (treasurer); Maureen Jack-Lacroix (director); Irfan Sheikh (director); Sarah Newton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Be the Change Earth Alliance Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818009276RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.