Lions Gate Christian Academy Association
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 140635517RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,245,065) as filed with the CRA.
Lions Gate Christian Academy Association 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $5.3M in revenue and $5.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 38% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $255K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $799 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Union Gospel Mission. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Independent christian school from kindergarten (full day) to grade 12
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.3M | $5.2M | $5M | $4,083 | $799 | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $4.7M | $4.5M | $2,898 | $1,090 | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $4.1M | $2,389 | $440 | $5.1M |
| 2021 | $4.7M | $4.2M | $3.9M | $4,912 | $906 | $4.7M |
| 2020 | $4.8M | $4.3M | $3.9M | $2,329 | $1,500 | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $799 to 4 qualified donees:
- Union Gospel Mission$500
- The Terry Fox Foundation$108
- Reachout to Africa$100
- British Columbia/yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion Foundation$91
Received $255K from 8 charities:
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 positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dano Baker (board chair); Egbert Scherman (vice chair); Patrick Uy (treasurer); Nicole Schulz (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lions Gate Christian Academy Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140635517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.