The International High School at Vancouver Island University Association
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 870190956RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($384,938) as filed with the CRA.
The International 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 $515K in revenue and $385K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $16K to Vancouver Island University. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $515K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The international high school at vancouver island university association is an independent high school for international students offering bc curriculum and co-curricular education programs for grade 10 11 and 12 students. The school also offers non-credit summer adventure programs for international high school students. It operates jointly with the high school at vancouver island university association an independent high school for canadian students. The charity wound up operations 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 | $515K | $385K | $269K | — | $16K | -$1.6M |
| 2023 | $494K | $644K | $461K | — | $17K | -$1.2M |
| 2022 | $495K | $615K | $439K | — | $9,300 | -$734K |
| 2021 | $911K | $920K | $681K | — | — | -$395K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $998K | — | $6,000 | -$331K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$289K
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 International 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 870190956RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.