West Point Grey Academy
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 897267795RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($33,034,755) as filed with the CRA.
West Point Grey Academy 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 $34.5M in revenue and $33M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from government, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 159 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $9,203 in 2024, the largest being $3,803 to The Kidsafe Project Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The society operates a school called 'west point grey academy' which commenced its operation in september 1996. The academy provides co-educational instruction accordign to the requirements of the ministry of education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $34.5M | $33M | $27.5M | $276K | $9,206 | $18.7M |
| 2023 | $31.1M | $29.7M | $24.5M | $268K | $19K | $17.2M |
| 2022 | $28.8M | $27.7M | $23.1M | $281K | $72K | $15.8M |
| 2021 | $27.4M | $27.3M | $22.8M | $250K | $18K | $14.7M |
| 2020 | $27.1M | $27.7M | $23.1M | $181K | $16K | $14.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $9,203 to 6 qualified donees:
- The Kidsafe Project Society$3,803
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$2,250
- The Terry Fox Foundation$1,802
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$666
- Canadahelps Canadon$449
- Kidsport Canada National Office$233
Received $2.2M from 2 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
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions159
- Total compensation, all staff$22.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Blake (chair); Patrick Chan (director); Jonathan Choi (director); Wendy King (director); Miranda Lam (director); Sacha McLean (chair of fc); Robert Standerwick (director); Kory Wilson (director); Peter Wong (director); Cheryl Yue (director); Lauren Ilich (director); Teresa Edgar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Point Grey Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897267795RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.