Kootenai Community Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Creston, British Columbia · BN 859233439RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($760,354) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenai Community Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Creston, 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 $842K in revenue and $760K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 78% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,525.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $512K in 2020 to $842K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
• Ending the violence programs which provide a safe secure and supportive environment for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence are in crisis or in need of a housing alternative • Daycare and after‑school care programs • Anti‑poverty programs aimed at reducing poverty and improving the economic situation of low‑income individuals and families in Creston and the surrounding area
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $842K | $760K | $637K | — | — | $702K |
| 2023 | $832K | $768K | $662K | — | — | $620K |
| 2022 | $605K | $564K | $460K | — | — | $557K |
| 2021 | $516K | $480K | $382K | — | — | $515K |
| 2020 | $512K | $484K | $384K | $1,585 | — | $479K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,525 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$544K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rhonda Kirby (board chair); Melanie Joy (vice president/treasurer); Doug Kunzelman (secretary); Natasha Huscroft (director); Jessica Balawakula (director); Rebecca Blair (director); Roberta Jensen (director); Jamie Maxwell (director); Danika Peltzer (director); Laura Messinger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenai Community Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859233439RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.