VISST Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 761491323RR0002 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,255,525) as filed with the CRA.
VISST Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology Society 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 $874K in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 26% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4,500.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Vissts offer the full bc curriculum augement with additional stem offerings the program involves a mix of acceleration and enrichment. Out curricullum starts from the end of elementary school and does not require any accelerated or enriched stem prior to visst. Math is accelerated with math 8/9 completed in grade 8. This creates time for courses like ap calculus and statistics in the later years fourthermore visst's mathematics courses are enriched beyond the bc curriculum with inquiry projects and hands-on 'math appreciation 'activities that explore the playful side of mathematics and …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $874K | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $281K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $316K | $268K | — | — | $662K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,500 from 1 charity:
- Vancouver Foundation$4,500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$773K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shaun Olafson (director); Mike Gelbart (director); Murray Goldberg (director); Vladimir Martinak (director); Rachel Rose (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from VISST Vancouver Independent School for Science and Technology Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 761491323RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.