Rough Acres Bible Camp Society
Charitable organization · Smithers, British Columbia · BN 134592021RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($194,120) as filed with the CRA.
Rough Acres Bible Camp Society is a charitable organization based in Smithers, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $188K in revenue and $194K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $51K.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $114K in 2020 to $188K in 2024.
In its own words
Ongoing programs the charity provided camping and educational opportunities for all ages. Girls and boys camps teen camps. Family camps senior and youth retreats. It provides the building and grounds for rental purposes for clubs and individuals in the surrounding area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $188K | $194K | $180K | — | — | $466K |
| 2023 | $112K | $138K | $127K | $692 | — | $471K |
| 2022 | $64K | $70K | $60K | — | — | $498K |
| 2021 | $37K | $80K | — | — | — | $504K |
| 2020 | $114K | $111K | — | — | — | $547K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $51K from 12 charities:
- Terrace & District Christian Council for Social Resources$15K
- Terrace Evangelical Free Church$11K
- Christian Reformed Church of Houston$7,203
- The Evangelical Free Church of Smithers$6,000
- Mountain View Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada$3,851
- Smithers Christian Reformed Church$2,466
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,440
- Christian Stewardship Services$1,000
- The Christian Reformed Church of Telkwa$876
- Bethel Reformed Church of Smithers B.C.$853
- Smithers Fellowship Baptist Church$850
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$801
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$91K
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 Rough Acres Bible Camp Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134592021RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.