Kootenay Society for Community Living
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 107304636RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,655,775) as filed with the CRA.
Kootenay Society for Community Living is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. 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 $8.9M in revenue and $8.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $534.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 82 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Day programs in nelson & castlegar creton community inclusion life skills supports & recreations. Nine residential home in castlegar nelson & grand forks providing 24/7 supports for people with developmental disabilities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.9M | $8.7M | $7.4M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $7.9M | $8M | $6.8M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $6.5M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $7.5M | $7.4M | $6.3M | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $7M | $7.1M | $6M | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $534 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions82
- Total compensation, all staff$5.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Smeltzer (president); William Gerrand (vice president); Judy Madelung (secretary); Brian Rieter (director); Stacey Miller (director); Margaret Williams (director); Verna Chernoff (director); Stewart Doney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kootenay Society for Community Living’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107304636RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.