The Board of Education of School District No. 33 (Chilliwack)
Publicly funded institution · Chilliwack, British Columbia · BN 888699790RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($226,042,164) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 33 (Chilliwack) is a charitable organization based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $227.8M in revenue and $226M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $207K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2,300 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $73K in 2024, the largest being $23K to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operation of a kindergarten to grade 12 school system in accordance with the bc ministry of education program of studies. Additional programs are run through other sources such as strong start and ready set learn. Additional funds are expended for scholarships and for programs that enhance the operations of the school district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $227.8M | $226M | $220M | — | $116K | $63.7M |
| 2023 | $196.1M | $195.6M | $190.7M | — | — | $75.8M |
| 2022 | $178.8M | $178M | $174.8M | — | $69K | $75.3M |
| 2021 | $170.9M | $168.5M | $165.5M | — | $35K | $74.5M |
| 2020 | $162.1M | $160.8M | $157.9M | — | $42K | $71.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $73K to 13 qualified donees:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$23K
- The University of British Columbia$19K
- Canadian Cancer Society$11K
- Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society$4,800
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$3,584
- University of the Fraser Valley$2,500
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$2,410
- Chilliwack Search and Rescue Society$2,020
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,611
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada$1,482
- Hungry for Life International$1,056
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice Foundation$276
- Chilliwack Community Services$210
Received $207K from 10 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$70K
- Chilliwack Foundation$37K
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$35K
- Vancouver Foundation$28K
- CWB Welding Foundation$16K
- The Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary$9,000
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$7,200
- The Foundation Office.ca$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$48
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$36
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,300
- Total compensation, all staff$184.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Bondar (trustee); Heather Maahs (trustee); Willow Reichelt (trustee); David Swankey (trustee); Gerald Procee (trustee); Margaret Reid (trustee); Teri Westerby (trustee); Rohan Arul-Pragasam (superintendent); Simone Sangster (secretary treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 33 (Chilliwack)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888699790RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.