The Board of Education of School District No. 64 (Gulf Islands)
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 119216505RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($30,952,587) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 64 (Gulf Islands) is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $30.8M in revenue and $31M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $258K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 100% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 300 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Public schools and board 99%; scholarships bursaries and awards 1%. Sd64 (gulf islands) delivers public education within the boundaries of the school district in accordance with the british columbia school act.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $30.8M | $31M | $31.2M | — | — | $37.2M |
| 2023 | $29.5M | $28.6M | $27.1M | — | — | $10.5M |
| 2022 | $28.6M | $27.4M | $25.9M | — | — | $10.9M |
| 2021 | $27.7M | $26.2M | $24.9M | — | — | $9.7M |
| 2020 | $27.3M | $25.5M | $24.3M | — | — | $8.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $258K from 12 charities:
- April 1 Foundation$165K
- Salt Spring Island Foundation$32K
- The Victoria Foundation$26K
- The Wilding Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$7,000
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$6,000
- Times Colonist Literacy Society$4,900
- Vancity Community Foundation$2,500
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Vancouver Foundation$1,000
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions300
- Total compensation, all staff$23.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 64 (Gulf Islands)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119216505RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.