Cumberland Community Schools Society
Charitable organization · Cumberland, British Columbia · BN 866326994RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($606,446) as filed with the CRA.
Cumberland Community Schools Society is a charitable organization based in Cumberland, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $607K in revenue and $606K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 13% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $111K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $273K in 2020 to $607K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Afterschool programs for kindergarten to Grade 9 students in our community including homeschool children healthy lunch program including subsidies for those in need community education operations of a youth centre. Cumberland Foodshare program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $607K | $606K | $469K | $71K | — | $82K |
| 2023 | $511K | $499K | $395K | $65K | — | $77K |
| 2022 | $410K | $422K | $348K | $53K | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $371K | $372K | $304K | $42K | — | $71K |
| 2020 | $273K | $251K | $210K | $29K | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $111K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$216K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Baigent-Nixon (secretary); Ashley Edworthy (co-chair); Dayna Chambers (director); Sally Podmore (director); Fiona Becker (director); Heather McLeod (director); Jennifer Berry (treasurer); Courtney Brown (co-chair); Ruchel Hall (director); Caitlin Wischnewski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cumberland Community Schools Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866326994RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.