Pals Society of Canada
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 842294829RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,703,058) as filed with the CRA.
Pals Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $5.9M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $960.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 98 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The society runs schools in surrey. The school run as independent schools as according to the b.c. Ministry of education. In addition to the required academic education the school also teach the sikh religion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.9M | $5.7M | $539K | $0 | $0 | $444K |
| 2023 | $5.2M | $5.2M | $715K | $0 | $0 | $278K |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.9M | $672K | — | $0 | $269K |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.7M | $942K | $0 | $0 | $327K |
| 2020 | $4.5M | $4.1M | $466K | — | — | $440K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $960 from 1 charity:
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
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99942 positions
- $1–39,99953 positions
- Permanent full-time positions98
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bhupinder Aujla (director); Harjinder Basra (director); Gurpreet Sandhu (director); Arinder Kalsi (director); Gurupdesh Bath (cashier); Ranjit Takhar (president); Harvinder Nijjar (director); Amandeep Sekhon (secretary); Navresh Takhar (director); Amarjit Gill (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pals Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 842294829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.