Christ Church Cathedral Educational Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 128882974RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($4,644,307) as filed with the CRA.
Christ Church Cathedral Educational 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $4.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,188 in 2024, the largest being $1,180 to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The christ church cathedral education society operates cathedral school which is an elementary school for chidlren from kindergarten through grade eight. The society also operates lux mundi an out-of-school care program which is a licensed out of school program and two licensed preschool/daycare centres. All operations are located in victoria bc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $4.6M | $3.9M | $125K | $2,188 | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $4.2M | $4M | $1,029 | $2,910 | $2M |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.7M | $1,029 | $3,210 | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.4M | $3.3M | $1,032 | $544 | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $3.1M | $3M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,188 to 2 qualified donees:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,180
- Chalice$1,008
Received $18K from 6 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$12K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$3,010
- Times Colonist Literacy Society$1,900
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$525
- Canadahelps Canadon$336
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$331
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Russell Lazaruk (director); Peter Ammerali (director); Janet Sime (treasurer); Christopher Thackray (president); Jeannine Firesen (vice-president); Alexandra Harvey (director); John Archibald (director); Janet Gardiner (director); Neil Macdonald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Christ Church Cathedral Educational Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128882974RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.