Elk Valley Family Society
Publicly funded institution · Fernie, British Columbia · BN 891275661RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($966,974) as filed with the CRA.
Elk Valley Family Society is a charitable organization based in Fernie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $4.7M in revenue and $967K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. 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.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $807K in 2020 to $4.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operation of second stage housing for women & children fleeing domestic violence. Operation of rent geared to income rental units for seniors and people with disabilities. Operation of low end of market rental units for low to moderate income individuals families and seniors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $967K | $925K | — | — | $6.3M |
| 2023 | $871K | $740K | — | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $689K | $21K | — | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $800K | $636K | $604K | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $807K | $593K | $566K | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 2 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$135K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taylor Jenkins (director); Karen Bergman (president); Jesse Bell (director); Shona Williams (secretary); Lois Elia (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elk Valley Family Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891275661RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.