Victoria Christian Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 119283901RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($11,556,002) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Christian Education Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, 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 $11.4M in revenue and $11.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 47% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $221K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 83 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $6,403 in 2024, the largest being $2,304 to World Vision Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To provide direct advise and carry out a curriculum of christian education from kindergarten
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11.4M | $11.6M | $10M | $454K | $6,404 | $9.3M |
| 2023 | $10.9M | $10.8M | $9.4M | — | $5,675 | $11M |
| 2022 | $10.2M | $10.3M | $9M | — | $5,646 | $10.9M |
| 2021 | $11.6M | $9.5M | $8.3M | — | $8,174 | $10.9M |
| 2020 | $10.2M | $9.8M | $8.3M | — | $5,007 | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,403 to 5 qualified donees:
Received $221K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions83
- Total compensation, all staff$9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Degreef; April Grout; Busola Fagbebe; Rebecca Hill; Lindset Mann; Joshua Steeper; Chelsea Chadifour.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Christian Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119283901RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.