The Discovery School Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119229987RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,879,823) as filed with the CRA.
The Discovery School Society 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $2M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,552.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $7,500 in 2024, the largest being $7,500 to The Victoria Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The discovery school is a school for children with learning disabilities on vancouver island. The school teaches students the british columbia core curriculum providing vision training motor training auditory perceptual training cognitive therapy social skills sessions and speech therapy as needed. An individual education plan is set up for each student catered to the student's learning style and needs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $7,610 | $7,500 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $7,500 to 1 qualified donee:
- The Victoria Foundation$7,500
Received $9,552 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Corinne Shepheard (chair); Hilary Woodward (treasurer); Robert White (director); Shannon McAleese (director); Carly Milloy (director); Eco Michiel (director); Yasmeen Hinton (director); Kirsti Inglis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Discovery School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119229987RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.