Choice School for Gifted Children Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 106917040RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,373,214) as filed with the CRA.
Choice School for Gifted Children Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $7,786.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Co-educational instruction according to the requirements of the ministry of education of british columbia school bus service and after school care.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,786 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$933K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sukhbir Bolina (director/principal); Shora Tulumello (director); Cameron Tsoi a Sue (director); Gary McDermid (vice chair); Jaspreet Chohan (chair); Hemming Hopkins (secretary); Victor Zhou (treasurer); Matt Lesyk (director); Carly Fredette (director); Quinn Provost (director); William Ren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Choice School for Gifted Children Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106917040RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.