Pythagoras Academy Society
Publicly funded institution · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 844753335RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,230,763) as filed with the CRA.
Pythagoras Academy Society is a private foundation based in Richmond, 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 $7.7M in revenue and $7.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $400.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 47 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The society operates an Independent School in Richmond BC. It provides a high-quality education curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 8.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.7M | $7.2M | $6.5M | $28K | — | $4.1M |
| 2023 | $7M | $6.6M | $6M | $43K | — | $3.6M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $6.2M | $5.6M | $88K | — | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $8M | $6.1M | $5.3M | $90K | — | $2.8M |
| 2020 | $7.9M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $47K | — | $890K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $400 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions47
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mou Rong Yu (chair); Winfred Liu (secretary); Wen Xin Yu (director); Xin Zhao (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pythagoras Academy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844753335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.