Relevant Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 134237064RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($423,891) as filed with the CRA.
Relevant Education Society is a charitable organization based in 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $424K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $66K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Relevant education society operated primary and secondary school facilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $424K | $370K | — | — | $15M |
| 2023 | $683K | $498K | $454K | — | — | $13.1M |
| 2022 | $413K | $322K | $275K | — | — | $12.3M |
| 2021 | $42K | $299K | $256K | — | — | $12.2M |
| 2020 | $66K | $408K | $237K | — | — | $12.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$81K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Dean (president); Gary Newbigging (secretary-treasurer); Laura-Lynn Beeching (director-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Relevant Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134237064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.