Centre for Earth and Spirit Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 891881807RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,761) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Earth and Spirit Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $105K in revenue and $80K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from government, 68% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Cess offers programs for cultivating meaningful conversation contemplation and community with the goal of deepening relationships and reciprocity with the earth and all beings
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $105K | $80K | $78K | — | — | $59K |
| 2023 | $46K | $59K | $50K | — | — | $35K |
| 2022 | $56K | $53K | $46K | — | — | $48K |
| 2021 | $14K | $44K | $39K | — | — | $45K |
| 2020 | $73K | $58K | $40K | — | — | $58K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vicki Pilot (director); Grace Wolf (community builder); Alice Meyers (chair); Hillary Hodgskiss (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Earth and Spirit Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891881807RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.