Pepaken Hautw Food Systems Education Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Brentwood Bay, British Columbia · BN 749210092RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($33,011) as filed with the CRA.
Pepaken Hautw Food Systems Education Foundation is a charitable organization based in Brentwood Bay, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $405K in revenue and $33K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 23% from government, 58% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $151K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide participatory education opportunities about tradional + healthy food systems at lau welnew tribal school; to contribute to restoration + revitalization of tradional food ecosystems + food pratices in wsanec first nations territory; to promote food security + indigenous food sovereignty in wsanec community and beyond.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $405K | $33K | $24K | $8,930 | — | — |
| 2023 | $225K | $164K | $158K | — | — | $200K |
| 2022 | $52K | $70K | $59K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $30K | — | $34 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | $27K | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $151K from 7 charities:
- Makeway Foundation$80K
- The Victoria Foundation$61K
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,859
- Vancouver Island Chamber Choir Society$250
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$200
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$56
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$245K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Claxton (president); Erich Kelch (vice president/secretary); Rachelle Clifford (treasurer); Rita Nensimu Morris (director); Josephine Henry (director); Jacqueline Jim (director); Berkely Lott (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pepaken Hautw Food Systems Education Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 749210092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.