Cousteau l'Ecole Francaise Internationale de Vancouver Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 880135553RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,001,529) as filed with the CRA.
Cousteau l'Ecole Francaise Internationale de Vancouver Society is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $5.2M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $651.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 40 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society is a non-profit and operates a daycare and elementary school which follows the french curriculum of instruction which has been approved by both the british columbia ministry of education and the french ministry of education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.2M | $5M | $4.6M | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2023 | $5.4M | $4.7M | $4.3M | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.2M | $4M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $4M | $3.8M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $4.3M | $4.3M | $4M | — | — | $841K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $651 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions40
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Gibbs (vice chair); Torsten Eder (secretary); Cécile Dione (principal); Danielle Verbrugge (treasurer); Arnaud Bussieres (vice chair (acting chair); Cora Pross (director); Irina Scache (director); Thomas Bretin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cousteau l'Ecole Francaise Internationale de Vancouver Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880135553RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.