Bioregional Education Association
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 895298727RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,537,423) as filed with the CRA.
Bioregional Education Association is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,000 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Videa a BC-Based International Development Education Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Operates an independent school in which children learn the bc curriculum in child-directed multi-age groups and within a bioregional context. 2. Operates an independent online learning school in which children learn at home with hands-on bioregional and global activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | $2,000 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.9M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $3.1M | — | $1,000 | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.6M | — | $1,000 | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lynn Thornton (director); Jenafor Armitage (director); Madeline Whelan (coordinator); Nakira Woodcock (coordinator); Terran Hirons (director); Mickel Whelan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bioregional Education Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 895298727RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.