Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Hornby Island, British Columbia · BN 892448564RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($62,093) as filed with the CRA.
Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Society is a charitable organization based in Hornby Island, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $62K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $260.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $221K in 2020 to $113K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
We provide residential outdoor education programs to students youth businesses and families in the Comox Valley Qualicum and Parksville areas predominantly but also many areas of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. We operate under a BC Parks Use Permit held jointly by the School Districts 69 -Parksville-Qualicum and 71 Comox Valley. During 2024 the two School districts were in conversation regarding the renewal of the Park use permit and ongoing development plans for the Park which has been expanded by the purchase of adjacent properties. As a result we offered only limited …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $62K | — | — | — | $288K |
| 2023 | $436K | $454K | $387K | $0 | $0 | $238K |
| 2022 | $370K | $479K | — | — | — | $192K |
| 2021 | $294K | $281K | $134K | — | — | $300K |
| 2020 | $221K | $249K | $249K | — | — | $288K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $260 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kyle Timms (vice president); David Mayert (director); Paul Anders (director); Larry Street (director); Steve Javorski (secretary); Heather McLeod (director); Alissa Vernon-Pratt (director); Rick Cicchine (president); Sheila McDonnell (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892448564RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.