The Board of Education of School District No. 63 (Saanich)
Publicly funded institution · Saanichton, British Columbia · BN 119130490RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($107,815) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 63 (Saanich) is a charitable organization based in Saanichton, 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 $160K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
In its own words
We are a collecting agency for charitable donations to a school district. Funds distributed are for scholarships or educational programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $108K | $108K | — | — | $323K |
| 2023 | $247K | $211K | $211K | — | — | $271K |
| 2022 | $70K | $55K | $55K | — | — | $246K |
| 2021 | $47K | $43K | $43K | — | — | $231K |
| 2020 | $233K | $233K | $233K | — | — | $227K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $158K from 13 charities:
- RBC Foundation$38K
- Times Colonist Literacy Society$31K
- Sheldon Gilmour Foundation$24K
- Indigo Love of Reading Foundation$17K
- Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation$15K
- Vancity Community Foundation$9,500
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$6,000
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Federation of University Women - Saanich Peninsula Education Trust Fund$4,800
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,753
- The Victoria Foundation$1,798
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$1,650
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 63 (Saanich)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119130490RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.