The Vancouver Waldorf School Society
Publicly funded institution · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108167917RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($5,042,273) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Waldorf School Society 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 $5.1M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 43% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 87% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The vancouver waldorf school society offers programs for toddlers preschool kindergarden through grade twelve and aftercare for young children. Our early childhood programs are fully licensed by the bc ministry of children and families and our kindergarden through grade twelve prorams are certified by the ministry of education. Our society is a full and participating member of the association of waldorf schools of north america. Apart from our educational programs we also provide an environment to develop children's intellectual emotional and practical capacities through various activities…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.1M | $5M | $3.9M | $38K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.4M | $3.3M | $38K | — | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.9M | $2.9M | $95K | $500 | $3.3M |
| 2021 | $4.3M | $3.7M | $2.8M | $80K | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $4M | $3.5M | $2.6M | $64K | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 3 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 positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eric Doherty (trustee); Sjoerd De Jongh (trustee); Sukhi Muker (trustee); David Peters (trustee); Peggy Tan (trustee); Geoffrey Woodfield (trustee); Adam Millard (board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Waldorf School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108167917RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.