Canadian Organization of the Blind and Deafblind
Publicly funded institution · Bowen Island, British Columbia · BN 722057312RR0001 · Complementary or Alternative Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($162,335) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Organization of the Blind and Deafblind is a charitable organization based in Bowen Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under complementary or alternative health care. 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 $522K in revenue and $162K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2,269.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,619 in 2021 to $522K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We offer: 1. Summer camps for blind/low vision/deafblind canadian children teens adults & their families that foster independence confidence friendships & recreation; 2. A 10 month program in which students take independence skills classes (eg braille adaptive technology cane travel cooking cleaning employment skills etc); 3. Blindhub canada a free online resource for blind/deafblind individuals their families educators & businesses/non-profit organizations working with them; 4. Presentations to community groups on blindness deafblindness & inclusion lead by blind/deafblind volun…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $522K | $162K | $149K | $504 | $0 | $407K |
| 2023 | $296K | $273K | $245K | $3,933 | $0 | $49K |
| 2022 | $207K | $31K | $2,541 | — | — | $24K |
| 2021 | $5,619 | $6,781 | $5,286 | — | $0 | $29K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,269 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,269
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$90K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessica Gladysz (treasurer); Alexandro Jurgensen (president); Erin Lacharity (director at large); Thomas Evans (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Organization of the Blind and Deafblind’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 722057312RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.