Gitwangak Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Kitwanga, British Columbia · BN 890398373RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,488,368) as filed with the CRA.
Gitwangak Education Society is a charitable organization based in Kitwanga, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $3.5M in revenue and $3.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government, 6% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.3M in 2020 to $3.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Mandate is to provide education programs to the 1100 members of the gitwangak first nation operates a pre-school daycare and elementary school. Provides summer programs language and culture programs provides youth work experience and career planning. Assist secondary students by providing post secondary funding and adult education.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.2M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $3M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $2.7M | $2.4M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.2M | $2M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $1.6M | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $158K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorne Campbell (director); Arthur Mathews (chair); Vernon Smith (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gitwangak Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890398373RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.