Camosun College Foundation
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118826502RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,289,973) as filed with the CRA.
Camosun College Foundation is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $4.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $749K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.7M in 2024, the largest being $1.7M to Camosun College. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.6M in 2020 to $7.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The Foundation assists Camosun College to expand and enhance its educational programs or services not funded by government including financial aid to students at Camosun College. The Foundation provides an opportunity for individual corporations and associations to become involved in post-secondary education through contributions that support college students learning environments programs and services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $4.3M | $4M | — | $44K | $29.2M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $2.5M | $2.3M | — | $159K | $26.3M |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.4M | $2.4M | — | $902K | — |
| 2021 | $5M | $2.9M | $2.4M | — | $337K | $24.6M |
| 2020 | $3.6M | $3M | $2.4M | — | $468K | $22.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.7M to 1 qualified donee:
- Camosun College$1.7M
Received $749K from 29 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$260K
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation$257K
- Vancouver Foundation$96K
- Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria Scholarship and Bursary Society$30K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$12K
- Victoria General Hospital Auxiliary$10K
- Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society$7,000
- Jessie Allan Forsyth Foundation Society$6,650
- Credit Union Foundation of British Columbia$6,500
- Royal Jubilee Hospital Auxilliary$6,000
- Chartered Professional Accountants' Education Foundation of British Columbia$4,000
- Eldercare Foundation of Vancouver Island$3,500
- Pacific Institute For Sport Excellence Society$3,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,559
- The Ed Coates Memorial Foundation$2,400
- Pemberton & District Health Care Foundation$2,000
- Thrive Social Services Society$2,000
- Canadian Federation of University Women - Saanich Peninsula Education Trust Fund$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,438
- The Victoria Cool Aid Society$1,000
- Victoria Natural History Society$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeety Bhalla (past board chair); Sarah Goodman (director of the board); Russ Lazaruk (treasurer); Dave Murray (director of the board); Patrice Newman (director of the board); Grace VandenBrink (board chair); Ty Whittaker (director of the board); Lane Trotter (director of board/college pres); Shannon Kowalko (director of the board); Joanne Cumberland (ex officio-college board rep); Stacy Kelly (director of the board); Joanna Yu (director of the board); Michael King.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Camosun College Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118826502RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.