Bulkley Valley Community Foundation
Public foundation · Smithers, British Columbia · BN 132091125RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($935,780) as filed with the CRA.
Bulkley Valley Community Foundation is a public foundation based in Smithers, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $936K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $450K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 17 qualified donees totalling $678K in 2024, the largest being $300K to Houston Community Services Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $409K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
The purpose of the bulkley valley community foundation is to create opportunities for donors to support local initiatives organizations and individuals to improve the quality of life throughout our communities. The bvcf area extends from topley to kitwanga including granisle houston telkwa smithers witset and hazeltons. Each year income from bvcf endowments is offered to students to assist with reaching educational goals through learning awards. The bvcf has awarded grants since the early 1990's. Our funds come from interest earned on donations from many generous individual and business…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $936K | $247K | — | $678K | $4.7M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $690K | $138K | — | $596K | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $224K | $192K | $143K | — | $24K | $4.4M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $419K | $85K | — | $300K | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $409K | $134K | $60K | — | $49K | $3.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $678K to 17 qualified donees:
- Houston Community Services Association$300K
- Driftwood Foundation Society$125K
- Wrinch Memorial Foundation$70K
- Northern Society for Domestic Peace$38K
- Houston Link to Learning Society$37K
- Office of the Wet'suwet'en$33K
- Smithers Community Services Association$29K
- Regional District of Bulkley Nechako-BV Pool$8,372
- Nordic Combined Ski Canada$8,000
- Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council$6,000
- Dze L K'Ant Friendship Centre Society$5,000
- Groundbreakers Agriculture Association$4,500
- A Rocha Canada$4,000
- Scouts Canada$3,830
- Tyee Mountain Trail Society$3,000
- Proton Foundation$2,809
- Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management$1,360
Received $450K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deb Camenzind (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bulkley Valley Community Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132091125RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.