Victoria Scottish Community Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 803560366RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,421) as filed with the CRA.
Victoria Scottish Community Centre 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $51K in revenue and $137K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $625.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7,448 in 2020 to $51K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Advancement of education in scottish art history and culture through public events including dances and the operation of a youth pipe band.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51K | $137K | $49K | — | — | $156K |
| 2023 | $307K | $276K | $164K | — | — | $242K |
| 2022 | $243K | $233K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $184K | $4,203 | — | — | — | $202K |
| 2020 | $7,448 | — | — | — | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $625 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Booth (director); Brian Bowman (president); Troy Goodger (director); Margo Lang (secretary); Angus Macpherson (director); Donna Maxwell (director); Robert McKie (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Victoria Scottish Community Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803560366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.