Sea Smart School Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 746767680RR0001 · Research
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($451,978) as filed with the CRA.
Sea Smart School Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $513K in revenue and $452K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 21% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $109K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $303K in 2020 to $513K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Developing and delivering programs and activities to educate students educators and the general public about the preservation conservation stewardship care for and protection of marine ecosystems; providing scholarships awards bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to individuals based on financial need and/or academic excellence to pursue studies in marine biology oceanography and related subjects; and to research analyze and study oceanography and marine ecosystems their preservation conservation interactions and relationships and to disseminate research findings to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $513K | $452K | $376K | $2,780 | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $635K | $415K | $474K | $18K | — | $974K |
| 2022 | $400K | $289K | $233K | $14K | — | $732K |
| 2021 | $584K | $293K | $229K | $17K | — | $365K |
| 2020 | $303K | $229K | $173K | $21K | — | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $109K from 10 charities:
- Makeway Foundation$37K
- The Peter Young Foundation$25K
- Openroad Foundation$25K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$13K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,177
- The Victoria Foundation$2,500
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$1,588
- BenefAction Foundation$1,500
- The Peterson Group Foundation$680
- Canadahelps Canadon$96
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$346K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elaine Leung (director); Katherine Pui (director); Dayna Holland (director); Kristina Lee (director); Suzanne Siemens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sea Smart School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 746767680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.