British Columbia Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 891720161RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,265,539) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 60% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
For 20 years bcaitc has been nourishing bc students through the school fruit and vegetable nutritional program. In 2024 the program rebranded to fresh for kids adding a revitalized approach to tackling food insecurity. We provide quality educational agriculture and food resources and hands on professional development for teachers. We support regional science fairs. We provide interactive food growing and bc food culinary arts programs for kindergarten to grade 12 students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $4.8M | $108K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $6.4M | $6.1M | $5.6M | $5,480 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $5.7M | $5.4M | $5M | $14K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $3.4M | $12K | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $3.6M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 7 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$527K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pat Tonn (executive director); Kurt Bausenhaus (treasurer); Melanie Lantz (president); Katie Lowe (director); David Comrie (director); Tony Hollett (director); Lori Beck (director); Gary Moran (director); Jillian Unrau (director); Sabrina Bhojani (director); David Shumka (director); Matthew Brown (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891720161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.