Kootenay Family Place
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 107576894RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,114,949) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenay Family Place is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, 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 $4.1M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (8 positions in that band). The charity reported 33 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2.7M in 2020 to $4.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Kootenay family place is a multi-service unionized not-for-profit organization registered in british columbia under the societies act which qualifies for charitable tax status and is dedicated to serving the needs of children youth and families throughout the west kootenay boundary region. The society provides integrated child care programs for children from birth to twelve years of age an infant development program supported child development family resource and youth services and therapy services. Members do not participate in any society net assets. If the society should dissolve any…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.6M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.8M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.3M | — | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $2.7M | $2.6M | $2.2M | — | — | $975K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions33
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allyssa Eugene (director); Christine Tisdale (co-chair); Corrine Svardfeldt (director); Nikki McElhinney (director); Melanie Fontaine (director); Jordon Davis (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenay Family Place’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107576894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.