Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley
Charitable organization · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 824594048RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($216,950) as filed with the CRA.
Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley is a charitable organization based in Invermere, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $198K in revenue and $217K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 19% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
End of life - visitation visitor training in-service worshops nav-care bereavement - visitation walk and talk bereavement support groups visitor training facilitator training in-service workshops public education - resource and lending library information sessions and end of life and bereavement workplace workshops
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $198K | $217K | $51K | $48K | — | $150K |
| 2023 | $192K | $174K | $105K | $18K | — | $169K |
| 2022 | $221K | $180K | $140K | $15K | — | $151K |
| 2021 | $219K | $152K | $124K | $11K | — | $110K |
| 2020 | $163K | $189K | $83K | $18K | — | $43K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 14 charities:
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$10K
- Order of ST John Palliative CARE Foundation$7,500
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$6,600
- Invermere Health CARE Auxiliary Society$5,000
- Maunders McNeil Foundation Inc.$5,000
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$3,400
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$1,100
- Lohn Foundation$1,000
- Fondation RONA$734
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$112
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$25
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$10
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$120K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Barbara Gagatek (treasurer); Dolores Marcil (secretary); Bruce Knowlden (president); Scott Halford (sponsorship director); Nik Rilkoff (fundraising director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824594048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.