Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 830266300RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,653,908) as filed with the CRA.
Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $6.5M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $37K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $92K in 2024, the largest being $37K to Rewired Recovery Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $271K in 2020 to $6.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.5M | $5.7M | $5.5M | $187K | $100K | $2.3M |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $4.6M | $144K | $59K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $5M | $7M | $6.4M | $166K | $9,000 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $116K | $70K | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $271K | $2M | $1.6M | $68K | $43K | $922K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $92K to 9 qualified donees:
- Rewired Recovery Foundation$37K
- Cedars at Cobble Hill Society$15K
- British Columbia Institute of Technology$11K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 34 (Abbotsford)$10K
- The Board of Education of School District No. 69 (Qualicum)$7,406
- Camosun College Foundation$7,000
- The University of British Columbia$1,500
- KWANTLEN Polytechnic University$1,500
- Vancouver Island University$1,500
Received $37K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Manson (chair); James Campbell (vice chair); Phil Long (secretary/treasurer); Daniel Mott (past chair); Christopher Atchison (director); Colleen Austin (director); Charles Cullen (director); Tom Plumb (director); Tamara Pongracz (director); Katie Shaw (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 830266300RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.