Oceanside Building Learning Together Society
Publicly funded institution · Parksville, British Columbia · BN 130567555RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($535,806) as filed with the CRA.
Oceanside Building Learning Together Society is a charitable organization based in Parksville, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $616K in revenue and $536K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government, 5% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $225K in 2020 to $616K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The society delivers early learning family literacy programs words on wheels outreach bus blt2go mobile tech outreach. Munchkinland discovery & family place centres storybook village oceanside community makerspace & tech lab.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $616K | $536K | $385K | — | — | $379K |
| 2023 | $505K | $564K | $522K | $1,857 | — | $300K |
| 2022 | $538K | $477K | $432K | $7,937 | — | $241K |
| 2021 | $247K | $251K | $181K | $3,392 | — | $137K |
| 2020 | $225K | $255K | $182K | $7,014 | — | $107K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$462K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christine Churchley (president); Sarah Walsh (treasurer); Laurie Sieber (secretary); Sandy Anaka (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Oceanside Building Learning Together Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130567555RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.