Indigenous Perspectives Society Centre of Excellence in Community Education
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 140988452RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Indigenous Perspectives Society Centre of Excellence in Community Education is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $44K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The Indigenous Perspectives Society provides a variety of training programs for social workers employed by and directors of Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies. The Indigenous Perspectives Society also provides training to a larger stakeholder group including First Nations social service organizations non-profits charities government and corporate bodies. Indigenous Perspectives Society delivers the mandatory Caregiver Training to Indigenous foster parents/caregivers across BC.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $1.6M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.5M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $2.4M | $2.3M | $2M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $44K from 7 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christa Smith (interim treasure); Aimee Oakes (president); Rachel Bevington (vice president); Saranda Watts (secretary); Cynthia Kopp (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indigenous Perspectives Society Centre of Excellence in Community Education’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140988452RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.