Blueberry Creek Community School Council
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 886243831RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($981,428) as filed with the CRA.
Blueberry Creek Community School Council is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $1.2M in revenue and $981K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $564K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Licenced afterschool care program -licenced preschool for children ages 3-5 -group daycare for children ages 3-5 -friday night child and youth programs -summer science camps -infant toddler development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $981K | $981K | — | — | $635K |
| 2023 | $958K | $908K | $908K | — | — | $457K |
| 2022 | $946K | $837K | $837K | — | — | $407K |
| 2021 | $715K | $665K | $665K | — | — | $298K |
| 2020 | $564K | $468K | $468K | — | — | $248K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$833K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jen Carter (chairperson); Lisa Stach (vice chair); Ruth Kozub (secretary-treasurer); Molly Walliser (director); Katherine Brooks (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blueberry Creek Community School Council’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886243831RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.