Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation
Public foundation · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 132004227RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($442,461) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation is a public foundation based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $926K in revenue and $442K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $164K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $317K in 2024, the largest being $317K to Interior Health Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $435K in 2020 to $926K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Kootenay lake hospital foundation raises funds to purchase priority medical equipment for the kootenay lake hospital
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $926K | $442K | $71K | $22K | $317K | $4M |
| 2023 | $740K | $467K | $21K | $68K | $347K | $3.5M |
| 2022 | $396K | $190K | $56K | $14K | $97K | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $556K | $192K | $56K | — | $106K | $3M |
| 2020 | $435K | $403K | $55K | $16K | $308K | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $317K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $164K from 13 charities:
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$71K
- Osprey Community Foundation$43K
- Arrow Lakes Health Care Auxiliary Society$30K
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$8,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,688
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,359
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$1,027
- Muslim Awkaf Foundation of B.C.$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ$500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$492
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$459
- Yasodhara Ashram Society$200
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ron Cockburn (director); Debbie Creaser (director); Brent Cross (vice chair); June Spearman (chair); James Wiedrick (director); Marge Witton (director); Wendy Bell (director); Shirley Boyes (director); Mario Campese (director); Sharon Campese (director); Anne Cavicchi (director); Wendy Hamilton (director); Ainsley Mackie (secretary/treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132004227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.