Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
Publicly funded institution · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 862502432RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,228,121) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network is a charitable organization based in Invermere, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under environment. 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 28 environmental institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $905 in 2024, the largest being $250 to Wildsight. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $284K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Wild voices for kids professional development bursary program professional development workshops every child matters learning programs outdoor learning store information sharing/networking environmental education leadership clinic professional development learning programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M | — | — | $276K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.1M | — | $750 | $245K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1M | $735K | — | $7,420 | $131K |
| 2021 | $577K | $546K | $358K | — | $11K | $115K |
| 2020 | $284K | $284K | — | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $905 to 4 qualified donees:
- Wildsight$250
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$225
- Indian Residential School Survivors Society$215
- Legacy of Hope Foundation$215
Received $38K from 8 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$26K
- Green Teacher$2,654
- Osprey Community Foundation$2,400
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies$2,200
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$2,191
- Le Roi Community Foundation$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$76
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$568K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Todd Hebert (chair); Janet Kujit (vice chair); Erika Momeyer (secretary); Jill Jennings (treasurer); Kristina Leidums (director); Faye O'Neill (director); Gillian Cooper (director); Carrie Rickards (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862502432RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.