Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119018042RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($13,297,276) as filed with the CRA.
Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc. 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 $17.2M in revenue and $13.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 5% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $669K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 18% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 56 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Pearson college uwc (lester b. Pearson college of the pacific and united world colleges (canada) inc. Is a two-year pre-university residential college hosting up to 200 young people selected from all canadian provinces and territories and from more than 150 countries. Its primary aim is to promote the ideals of international understanding based on a belief that education can be transformative and is a force to unite people nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $17.2M | $13.3M | $9.9M | $684K | — | $56.5M |
| 2023 | $18.5M | $12.3M | $9.1M | $762K | $24K | $52.6M |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $11.4M | $8.5M | $691K | — | $46.4M |
| 2021 | $18.4M | $10.6M | $7.4M | $712K | — | $52M |
| 2020 | $12.2M | $11.2M | $7.8M | $906K | — | $44.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $669K from 24 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$144K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$100K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$90K
- The Holt Foundation$60K
- The Birks Family Foundation$50K
- North Family Foundation$50K
- Lynwood Family Foundation$50K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$30K
- Clarus Foundation$25K
- Kenneth Rotenberg Family Charitable Foundation$20K
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Victoria Foundation$9,381
- Brian Bronfman family foundation/ Fondation de la famille Brian Bronfman$5,000
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$4,370
- The Barber Family Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,138
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,118
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$2,500
- Uwc National Committee of Canada$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,288
- The Metchosin Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$233
- Muslim Welfare Canada$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions56
- Total compensation, all staff$7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lori Sterling (chair); Owen Teo (director); Matteo Stefanel (director); Yazann Romahi (director); Anita George Marangoly (director); Joseph Lougheed (director); Gloria Metzger (director); Michael Stubbing (director); Olaolu Adeleye (director); Heather Lapper (director); Geoffrey Turner (director); William Morris.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and United World Colleges (canada) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119018042RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.