Kootenay Lake Independent School Society
Publicly funded institution · Kaslo, British Columbia · BN 889611695RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($270,491) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenay Lake Independent School Society is a charitable organization based in Kaslo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $283K in revenue and $270K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,000.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $148K in 2020 to $283K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Non-profit licensed daycare for children aged 30 months to school age serving the Village of Kaslo and surrounding area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $283K | $270K | $243K | — | — | $480K |
| 2023 | $181K | $168K | $148K | — | — | $378K |
| 2022 | $162K | $157K | $140K | $190 | — | $90K |
| 2021 | $103K | $95K | $77K | $5,165 | — | $85K |
| 2020 | $148K | $116K | $103K | $850 | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$242K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chantal Gainer (president); Charissa Hoppenbrouwers (director); Audrey Salazar-Calvo (secretary); Amy Leblanc (treasurer); Pauline Twardowski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenay Lake Independent School Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889611695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.