Lakes District Family Enhancement Society
Publicly funded institution · Burns Lake, British Columbia · BN 898283551RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Lakes District Family Enhancement Society is a charitable organization based in Burns Lake, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $738K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 46% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $158K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Mission and vision: The Links' programs and services are aligned to fulfill the Society’s mission and vision. Mission: To enhance the health and socio-economic wellbeing of individuals children and families. Vision: To be responsive to the diverse needs of the communities of the Lakes District through an interconnected hub of services. The Link's hub of services helps tackle the underlying issues that contribute to poverty by building community capacity with a focus on food security and various other supports. Through extensive community partnerships The Link is working to create a 'Com…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $738K | — | — | — | — | $766K |
| 2023 | $932K | $894K | $805K | — | — | $931K |
| 2022 | $848K | $816K | $726K | — | — | $894K |
| 2021 | $1M | $739K | $737K | — | — | $862K |
| 2020 | $568K | $555K | $552K | — | — | $556K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $158K from 10 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$91K
- Food Banks British Columbia$34K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$16K
- The Prince George Community Foundation$7,000
- Wistaria Community Church$5,320
- Vancouver Foundation$1,900
- Increased Animal CARE and Community Empowered Safety Society$1,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$484
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$320
- Canadahelps Canadon$292
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$635K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakes District Family Enhancement Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898283551RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.