The Circle Salt Spring Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 871680047RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($275,226) as filed with the CRA.
The Circle Salt Spring Education Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $275K in revenue and $275K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The respect project pass it on girls pass it on boys the empathy project
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $275K | $275K | $224K | $3,562 | — | $57K |
| 2023 | $223K | $246K | $246K | — | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $264K | $246K | $215K | $1,381 | — | $81K |
| 2021 | $220K | $206K | $178K | $1,934 | — | $64K |
| 2020 | $194K | $174K | $148K | $1,384 | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christina Adair (board member); Lisa Maclean (board member); Eric Ellis (chair); James Cowan (board member); Olivia Hayne (board member); Dan Adair (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Circle Salt Spring Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871680047RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.