The Society for the Education of Children With Specific Learning Disabilities
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119254555RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($9,282,187) as filed with the CRA.
The Society for the Education of Children With Specific Learning Disabilities is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, 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 $9.8M in revenue and $9.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $122K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The education of children with specific learning disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.8M | $9.3M | $8.2M | $5,774 | — | $770K |
| 2023 | $10.3M | $10M | $9.1M | $6,368 | — | $266K |
| 2022 | $9.6M | $9.5M | $9.5M | — | — | $9,728 |
| 2021 | $8.3M | $8.4M | $8.4M | — | — | -$157K |
| 2020 | $7.9M | $8M | $8M | — | — | -$53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $122K from 8 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$45K
- McLean Family Foundation$35K
- Kenneth Gordon School Building Foundation for Children With Specific Learning Disabilities$23K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,579
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,664
- United Way British Columbia$1,025
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eva Cipera (director); William Schonbrun (director); Joel McLean (chair); Drew Railton (director); Chris Cormier (director); Tony Gilligan (director); Allison Gordon-Collins (director); Gayle Lawson (director); Karmyn Turner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Society for the Education of Children With Specific Learning Disabilities’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119254555RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.