The Vancouver Westside German School Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892008244RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($146,428) as filed with the CRA.
The Vancouver Westside German School Society is a charitable organization based in 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $180K in revenue and $146K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $295.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our society runs the Vancouver Westside German School which provides after-school instruction in German language heritage and culture. Our program includes German Language through the arts support of and participation in related community events and planning and hosting German cultural events. The participants are school-aged and the program runs from September to May.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $180K | $146K | $139K | $1,850 | $1,500 | $64K |
| 2023 | $171K | $167K | $149K | — | — | $30K |
| 2022 | $140K | $158K | $146K | — | — | $26K |
| 2021 | $171K | $163K | — | — | — | $43K |
| 2020 | $160K | $180K | $100K | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $295 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$103K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steven Seewald (director); Kerstin Holzmueller (director); Elizabeth Nijdam (director); Michaela Neuberger (director); Anna Sloan (director); Matthew Parsons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Vancouver Westside German School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892008244RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.