Burnside Gorge Community Association
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 135261972RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,986,727) as filed with the CRA.
Burnside Gorge Community Association is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $90K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $311 in 2024, the largest being $311 to United Way Southern Vancouver Island. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Burnside Gorge Community Association provides a wide range of programs and services for children youth families and seniors in the Greater Victoria area. Programming includes: Daycare for children 30 months to 5 years; before and after school care and Pro-D winter spring and summer camps; housing and financial support for families; support for parents whose children are in government care or at risk of going into care; community and school based support to high risk youth; family development and outreach; drop-ins and early childhood education to parents of children under six; free commun…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.9M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2023 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2.5M | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2.4M | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $316K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2M | $249K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $311 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $90K from 10 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$28K
- United Way Southern Vancouver Island$25K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$16K
- The Jawl Foundation$9,250
- Community of Christ Victoria Congregation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,131
- The Jawl Foundation$1,515
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,374
- The Jawl Foundation$862
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$180
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Arnold (director); Elizabeth Cull (chair); Audrey Peterson (secretary); Avery Stetski (vice chair); Mangat Vohra (director); Ryan Hart (director); Greg Teuling (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Burnside Gorge Community Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135261972RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.