York House School Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 119306348RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($26,116,758) as filed with the CRA.
York House School 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 $27.7M in revenue and $26.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $350,000 and over range. The charity reported 102 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $800K in 2024, the largest being $800K to York House School Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To provide education for students from pre-school junior kindergarten to grade 12
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $27.7M | $26.1M | $17.4M | — | $800K | $55M |
| 2023 | $25.3M | $23.4M | $15.3M | — | $1.3M | $53.4M |
| 2022 | $22.4M | $21.3M | $14.8M | — | $318K | $51.5M |
| 2021 | $21.5M | $19.7M | $12.7M | — | $300K | $50.4M |
| 2020 | $20.6M | $18.7M | $12M | — | $300K | $48.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $800K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $180K from 12 charities:
- VWL Rockies Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$30K
- ZLC Foundation$25K
- Senft Family Foundation$25K
- The Cedarhurst Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$10K
- The Houssian Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$7,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,773
- The Peter Young Foundation$2,500
- The Peterson Group Foundation$2,500
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
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions102
- Total compensation, all staff$16.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shamir Alibhai (board member); Gina Arsens (board member); Mike Hudson (board member); Joanne Lee-Young (board chair); Michelle Ostrow (past chair); Indira Samarasekera (vice chair); Kathy Butler (treasurer); Omar Ladak (board member); Jill Donaldson (board member); Michelle Grant (board member); Jennifer Mackenzie (board member); Kirsten Sutton (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from York House School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119306348RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.