Dawson Creek Youth Center Society
Charitable organization · Dawson Creek, British Columbia · BN 131663650RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($205,812) as filed with the CRA.
Dawson Creek Youth Center Society is a charitable organization based in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $170K in revenue and $206K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,071.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% 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 (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To be a bridge to the church & to be a non-denominational are of the church & to minister & provide a positive alternative for young people. To operate 5 days per week during evenings & mornings. Approx. 300 kids between the ages of 2-18 attend along with volunteer staff of 30+. Youth come from dawson creek & surrounding areas to participate in outreach activities which include ball hockey roller hockey skateboarding beach volleyball basketball foosball ping ball kids cafe jr nba basketball program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $170K | $206K | $133K | $1,686 | — | $1.6M |
| 2023 | $210K | $186K | $114K | $980 | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $119K | $170K | $108K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $88K | $108K | $67K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $115K | $105K | $65K | — | $0 | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,071 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$121K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Van Spronsen (director); Tom Van Spronsen (treasurer); Elaine Fitzpatrick (chair person); Lori Peachey (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dawson Creek Youth Center Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131663650RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.