Tsawwassen Independent School Society
Publicly funded institution · Delta, British Columbia · BN 850031477RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,759,758) as filed with the CRA.
Tsawwassen Independent School Society is a charitable organization based in Delta, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $21.2M in revenue and $19.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $61K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 113 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $12.8M in 2020 to $21.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We provide educational services to promote intelletual physical and moral growth.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $21.2M | $19.8M | $17M | $279K | — | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $19.3M | $17.8M | $17M | $213K | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $16.5M | $15.5M | $14.8M | $199K | — | $4.9M |
| 2021 | $14.1M | $13M | $12.5M | $107K | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $12.8M | $12M | $11.6M | $75K | — | $2.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $61K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over1 position
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions113
- Total compensation, all staff$12.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kelly Bahi (board chair); Janette Pantry (finance chair); Jonathan Jeske (secretary); Robert Taylor (governor); Rocky Sethi (governor); Jessica Whyte (governor); Sokhie Puar (board vice chair); Shawn Sangha (governor); Sandy Dai (governor); Ray LI (governor); Karen Dahri (governor).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tsawwassen Independent School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850031477RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.