The High School at Vancouver Island University Association
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 802507145RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($868,912) as filed with the CRA.
The High School at Vancouver Island University Association is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $338K in revenue and $869K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $17K in 2022, the largest being $17K to Vancouver Island University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The high school at vancouver island university association is an independent high school offering a grade 10 11 12 high school program for canadian students that will lead to a bc high school certificate of graduation. It operates jointly with the international high school at vancouver island university association an independent high school for international students. Operations have been terminated effective june 30 2024.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $338K | $869K | $624K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $407K | $746K | $553K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $376K | $595K | $416K | — | $17K | $0 |
| 2021 | $388K | $444K | $295K | — | $35K | $0 |
| 2020 | $318K | $399K | $262K | — | $50K | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Granted $17K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$780K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerry Owen (chair); Deborah Saucier (director); Graham Pike (director); Marian Riedel (director); Eliza Gardiner (director); Nate Bello (director); Jean Maltesen (director); Christine Mitchell (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The High School at Vancouver Island University Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802507145RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.