The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 106799927RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($309,503,685) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $309M in revenue and $309.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.4M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 2,140 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $6,700 in 2024, the largest being $4,200 to Saanich Fire Fighters Charitable. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity provides a comprehensive public education program in schools within the greater victoria school district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $309M | $309.5M | $282.9M | — | $1,865 | $33.4M |
| 2023 | $281.4M | $281.8M | $256.4M | — | $13K | $33.9M |
| 2022 | $264.9M | $268.4M | $243.8M | — | $5,091 | $56.4M |
| 2021 | $251.6M | $255.9M | $231.9M | — | $3,328 | $61.3M |
| 2020 | $250.1M | $248.8M | $226.4M | — | $1,491 | $65.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,700 to 3 qualified donees:
- Saanich Fire Fighters Charitable$4,200
- C-Fax Santas Anonymous Society$1,500
- Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church$1,000
Received $2.4M from 18 charities:
- The Annual Foundation$2M
- Sedin Family Foundation$100K
- Times Colonist Literacy Society$91K
- The Victoria Foundation$49K
- Mary Archibald Nellie and Margaret Cameron Memorial Trust Fund$38K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$27K
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$18K
- Gloria DI Dio Foundation$14K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,103
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,000
- Makeway Foundation$4,000
- Rotary Club of Victoria British Columbia Foundation$3,000
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Society$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,509
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$305
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$234
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2,140
- Total compensation, all staff$256M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Duncan (trustee/chair); Diane McNally (trustee); Rob Paynter (trustee); Thelma (mavis) David (trustee); Karin Kwan (trustee/vice chair); Derek Gagnon (trustee); Natalie Baillaut (trustee); Emily Mahbobi (trustee); Angela Carmichael (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106799927RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.