WITS Programs Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 891382228RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($395,465) as filed with the CRA.
WITS Programs Foundation 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $408K in revenue and $395K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 26% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $212K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We are canada's national bullying-prevention charity. Wpf delivers the proven effective wits group of programs pink shirt day activities and other project focused on kindness. Proven effective wits (grades k-3) and leads (grades 4 to 7) are delivered in schools and available in both official languages: dire and mentor en francais. Pink shirt day co-founder and global advocate '...' '...' joined our team in 2019. Wpf initiatives have positively impacted hundreds of thousands of children in every region of canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $408K | $395K | $289K | $53K | — | $198K |
| 2023 | $471K | $432K | $330K | $35K | — | $186K |
| 2022 | $496K | $564K | $445K | $51K | — | $147K |
| 2021 | $571K | $596K | $473K | $52K | — | $215K |
| 2020 | $410K | $397K | $279K | $64K | — | $239K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $212K from 10 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$72K
- Silver Gummy$70K
- The Victoria Foundation$40K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation$7,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,538
- Charlton L Smith Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$81
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$29
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$201K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas Woods (vice-president); David Valentine (president/treasurer); Kathreen Riel (secretary); Andy Telfer (executive director); Kelly Cardwell (director); Fei Gao (director); Yagna Vudathu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from WITS Programs Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891382228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.