Obair Economic Society
Publicly funded institution · Dawson Creek, British Columbia · BN 128567856RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,074,469) as filed with the CRA.
Obair Economic Society is a charitable organization based in Dawson Creek, 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 $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2020, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $610K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Help unemployed individuals obtain employment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $865K | — | — | $65K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.5M | — | — | $78K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $803K | — | — | $76K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $928K | — | — | $77K |
| 2020 | $610K | $631K | $607K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $100 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
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$641K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Margaret Bourassa (vice president); Andre Lavoie (director); Marla Reed (secretary-treasurer); Gordon Reid (director); William Henry Yerbury (president); Marcelle Allen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Obair Economic Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128567856RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.