Kitimat Understanding the Environment Society
Publicly funded institution · Kitimat, British Columbia · BN 139362933RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($348,477) as filed with the CRA.
Kitimat Understanding the Environment Society is a charitable organization based in Kitimat, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $364K in revenue and $348K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $49.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $227K in 2020 to $364K in 2024.
In its own words
Mission Statement - to educate the public about environmental protection using a web site and events. To protect the environment by operating a recycling depot (recycling cardboard paper tin and with partnerships with Product Care and Encorp. also fluorescent lights and electronics and small appliances. Main funding comes from the District of Kitimat Municipal grant to operate recycle depot.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $364K | $348K | $343K | $0 | $0 | $185K |
| 2023 | $359K | $308K | $308K | $0 | $0 | $169K |
| 2022 | $283K | $284K | $278K | $0 | $0 | $117K |
| 2021 | $245K | $295K | $289K | — | $0 | $118K |
| 2020 | $227K | $271K | $271K | $0 | $0 | $168K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $49 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$185K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kitimat Understanding the Environment Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139362933RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.