Cariboo Adventist Academy
Publicly funded institution · Williams Lake, British Columbia · BN 131486995RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,437,944) as filed with the CRA.
Cariboo Adventist Academy is a charitable organization based in Williams Lake, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 61% from government, 12% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $788K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Offers religious and academic instruction to local children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $27K | — | $432K |
| 2023 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $16K | — | $583K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $999K | $905K | $15K | — | $470K |
| 2021 | $912K | $878K | $762K | $11K | — | $239K |
| 2020 | $902K | $873K | $793K | $6,468 | — | $243K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $788K from 4 charities:
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$775K
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$8,109
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$4,169
- The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Nichols (chairman); Adam Pardy (secretary/principal); Louise Smith (treasurer); Lynda Philpot (board member); Lori Edinger (board member); Helena Hollywood (board member); Chrystine Mills (board member); Kevin Brucks (board member); Glenn Gill (board member); Jerry Logan (board member/pastor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cariboo Adventist Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131486995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.