The Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey)
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 107961229RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,080,310,387) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey) is a charitable organization based in Surrey, 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 $1.1B in revenue and $1.1B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 5,456 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Providing kindergarten to grade 12 education for the residents of surrey and white rock bc is the principal program of the organization. Adult continuing education and post secondary courses are also provided.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.1B | — | — | $601.5M |
| 2023 | $960.5M | $976.7M | $958.3M | — | — | $563.3M |
| 2022 | $896.9M | $895.1M | $878.6M | — | — | $636.1M |
| 2021 | $874.9M | $864.7M | $849.3M | — | — | $634.3M |
| 2020 | $885.5M | $820.2M | $805.2M | — | — | $624.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 31 charities:
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$568K
- Aqueduct Foundation$270K
- RBC Foundation$60K
- United Way British Columbia$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$47K
- Vancouver Foundation$43K
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$32K
- Fraser Valley REALTORS Charitable Foundation$29K
- Stand Foundation$20K
- Bridges Family Memorial Foundation$10K
- Urban Systems Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation$7,845
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,864
- The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$6,000
- Rotary Club of Semiahmoo (white Rock) B.C. Canada Charitable Trust$5,000
- The Howard Foundation$5,000
- Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation$3,000
- Centra Cares Foundation$3,000
- White Rock Peace Arch Rotary Trust$2,019
- Urban Spirit Foundation$2,000
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$2,000
- Laronde Elementary Parent Advisory Council$1,000
- Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Association$1,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $250,000–299,9995 positions
- $200,000–249,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5,456
- Total compensation, all staff$927.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laurie Larsen (chairperson); Terry Allen (trustee); Robert Holmes (trustee); Laurae McNally (trustee); Gurpreet Thind (trustee); Gary Tymoschuk (vice-chairperson); Shawn Wilson (trustee); Jon Harding (secretary treasurer); Simon Ayres (assistant 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. 36 (Surrey)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107961229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.