Salt Spring Institute for Sustainability Education & Action
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 829108943RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,306,102) as filed with the CRA.
Salt Spring Institute for Sustainability Education & Action is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $1.2M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 79% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $983K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 84% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $392K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Salt spring climate action plan renewal and climate access; support of media literacy programs; first nations forward; canada's clean energy and public education on climate change publishing research website and national media climate coach & communication project on salt spring island building.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $200K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $297K |
| 2022 | $906K | $695K | $668K | — | — | $317K |
| 2021 | $244K | $241K | $226K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $392K | $294K | $282K | $1,627 | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $983K from 19 charities:
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$200K
- North Family Foundation$150K
- Ivey Foundation$150K
- Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation$113K
- Endswell 2021 Foundation$110K
- The Dragonfly Fund$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$35K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$34K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$22K
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$20K
- The Illahie Foundation$20K
- The Sitka Foundation$15K
- Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring$10K
- Vohra Miller Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$6,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,500
- Makeway Foundation$1,000
- Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Peter (executive director); Parker Little (board member); Margery Moore (president); Marion Pape (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Salt Spring Institute for Sustainability Education & Action’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829108943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.