The Bridge Educational Society
Publicly funded institution · Lumby, British Columbia · BN 841689763RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,986,188) as filed with the CRA.
The Bridge Educational Society is a charitable organization based in Lumby, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $39.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Child care independent school community garden maintains campus that has playground and walking trails.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | -$31K |
| 2023 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $2.9M | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $2.1M | $1.7M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.4M | $1.4M | — | — | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $39 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$2.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jillian Martin (ex-officio); Shiv Sengupta (vice chair); Kristen Hanson (board secretary); Jenny Rea Wilder (ex-officio); Rebecca Watkin.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bridge Educational Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841689763RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.