Vancouver College Limited
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118855717RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($18,942,146) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver College Limited 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $18.8M in revenue and $18.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 34% from government, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.3M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 86 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $119K in 2024, the largest being $115K to Vancouver College Millennium Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Vancouver college limited operates a catholic elementary and secondary school/educational institution founded on the teachings of blessed edmund rice. While following the bc ministry of education curriculum vancouver college's programs allow the development of each student as a whole person: culturally emotionally intellectually physically socially and in particular spiritually.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.8M | $18.9M | $14.3M | $42K | $119K | -$2.5M |
| 2023 | $16.8M | $17.8M | $13.4M | $44K | $126K | -$2.3M |
| 2022 | $16.8M | $17.2M | $12.8M | $28K | $158K | -$1.3M |
| 2021 | $16.3M | $16.3M | $12.1M | $32K | $122K | -$891K |
| 2020 | $15.5M | $14.9M | $11.2M | $32K | $95K | -$924K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $119K to 7 qualified donees:
- Vancouver College Millennium Foundation$115K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$1,866
- Corpus Christi College Society$1,000
- Covenant House Vancouver$700
- Friends of the Orphans Canada$420
- Vancouver Poppy Fund Committee$250
- Richmond Food Bank Society$200
Received $2.3M from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions86
- Total compensation, all staff$10.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mark Cylwa (director); Brian Duong (director chair); Martin Ertl (vice-chair director); Shelley Gray (director); Tony Morgan (treasurer director); Celia Courchene (secretary director); LI-Jeen Broshko (director); Andrew Ing (director); Nick Maile (director); Michelle Rupp (president); Bryan Duggan (director); Bondi Kwa (director); Joseph Meehan (director); Terrence Schmaltz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver College Limited’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118855717RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.