British Columbia Achievement Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 893638106RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,184,527) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Achievement Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $256K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
Bc achievement runs community applied art and design firsts nations art indigenous business award and british columbia reconciliation award programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $589K | — | — | $8.4M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $559K | — | — | $7.9M |
| 2022 | -$156K | $696K | $273K | — | — | $7.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $645K | $248K | — | — | $8.8M |
| 2020 | $256K | $794K | $467K | — | — | $7.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$397K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aisha Amijee (director); Lisa Beare (director (gov member)); Kevin Bent (treasurer/secretary); Greg D'Avignon (director); David Eby (director (gov. member)); Christopher Gaze (vice chair); Anne Giardini (director); Carol Anne Lee (director); Scott McIntyre (director); Kelli Paddon (director (gov. member)); Walter Pela (chair); Coly-E-Iis Judith Sayers (director); Rachna Singh (director (gov. member)); Tamara Vrooman (director); Denise Williams (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Achievement Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893638106RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.