Columbia Basin Family Resource Society
Publicly funded institution · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 863956314RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,081,852) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Basin Family Resource Society is a charitable organization based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $1.5M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Clbc adult one to one support mcfd children & youth with special needs lifeskills day program family counselling mental health clubhouse mcfd protection family support mcfd protection child & youthcare sexual abuse intervention program for children and youth fellaship men's group
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.1M | $987K | $0 | $0 | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $954K | $848K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $903K | $799K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $887K | $788K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $841K | $748K | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$551K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Joanne Buhler-Low (president); Ann Kamp (vice president); Wendy Anderson (treasurer); Simone Aloe (director); Paula Turcasso (director); Katie Hobbs (director); Rebecca Wintrip (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Basin Family Resource Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863956314RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.