Bella Bella Community School Society
Publicly funded institution · Bella Bella, British Columbia · BN 106782469RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,898,647) as filed with the CRA.
Bella Bella Community School Society is a charitable organization based in Bella Bella, 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 $10M in revenue and $7.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 10% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 87 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operation of school for grades nursery to 12 financial support for post secondary students sponsored by the board operation of school board teacherages to accommodate teachers and professional staff living in bella bella while employed by the school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10M | $7.9M | $5.3M | — | — | $11.8M |
| 2023 | $8.2M | $7.3M | $4.8M | — | — | $9.7M |
| 2022 | $8.2M | $7.3M | $4.9M | — | — | $8.7M |
| 2021 | $7.7M | $6.9M | $4.7M | — | — | $7.9M |
| 2020 | $6.8M | $6.7M | $4.7M | — | — | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $35K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions87
- Total compensation, all staff$4.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rhoda Bolton (co-chair); Margaret Brown (director); Vanessa Gladstone (director); Brenda Humchitt (co-chair); Georgina Reid (director); Ramona Starr (director); George Young (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bella Bella Community School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106782469RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.