Kootenay Career Development Society
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 854718608RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,801,777) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenay Career Development Society is a charitable organization based in Nelson, 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 $14.9M in revenue and $14.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.1M in 2020 to $14.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
o BC Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction: WorkBC Contracts o Province of British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training (now Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills): Retail Trades Accommodation and Foods Services Training Program; o RAFT Program o Smart Launch Program o West K Tech Program o Headwaters Program o PEERS Program o Service Canada: Fast Forward Program. o KES: WorkSafe Program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.9M | $14.8M | $7,015 | — | — | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $14.2M | $14M | $4,358 | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $11M | $10.7M | $2,000 | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $9.1M | $8.9M | — | — | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sheila Achilles (director & board chair); Ashley Elliot (director); Blair Weston (director); Taylor Norman (treasurer); Tammy Verigin-Burk (director); Anitra Winje (director); Laureen Barker (director); Jocelyn Carver (executive director); Savina Kelly (director of operations); Tara Kettner (director of hr).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenay Career Development Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854718608RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.