Squamish Montessori Society
Publicly funded institution · Squamish, British Columbia · BN 821248051RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,532,857) as filed with the CRA.
Squamish Montessori Society is a charitable organization based in Squamish, 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 $2.8M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $481.
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 fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The society operates an independent school in squamish bc and teaches local children including children with special needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.2M | $22K | $2,543 | $643K |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $368K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | — | — | $123K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | -$25K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | -$23K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $481 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Taylor Wood (chairperson); Stephanie Clark (secretary); Gale Kim (director); Negar Elmeih (vice chairperson); Bryn Ossington (director); Simon Miller (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Squamish Montessori Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821248051RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.