SelfDesign Learning Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119303113RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($21,801,048) as filed with the CRA.
SelfDesign Learning Foundation 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 $24.8M in revenue and $21.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,000 in 2022, the largest being $5,000 to Foundation for SelfDesign. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Independent schools and boards 2. Research (scientific medical environmental etc.)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.8M | $21.8M | $20.2M | — | — | $10.1M |
| 2023 | $22.5M | $21.2M | $19.8M | — | — | $7.1M |
| 2022 | $22.2M | $21.4M | $20M | — | $5,000 | $5.8M |
| 2021 | $21.2M | $20.7M | $19.6M | — | — | $5M |
| 2020 | $20.7M | $20M | $18.8M | — | — | $4.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $5,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carlos Da Ponte (vice chair); Verena Gibbs (chair); Devon Girard (secretary); Frank Heinzelmann (treasurer); Lara Kehler (director); Werner Knittlel (director); Marianne Bach (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SelfDesign Learning Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119303113RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.