School District No. 83 (Kwsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcul'ecw)
Publicly funded institution · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 891020679RR0002 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($108,583,049) as filed with the CRA.
School District No. 83 (Kwsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcul'ecw) is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $108.9M in revenue and $108.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $86K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 969 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Board of Education of School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) is established for the purposes of providing public school instruction for children in kindergarten to grade 12 within its boundaries. Activities and programs included curricular and extra curricular projects to provide a comprehensive education and scholarship awards to reward outstanding performance and to promote a continuance of studies at post secondary levels.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $108.9M | $108.6M | $96.6M | — | — | $24.3M |
| 2023 | $100.6M | $100.4M | $89.1M | — | — | $23.9M |
| 2022 | $94.5M | $95.3M | $84.6M | — | — | $33.7M |
| 2021 | $90.5M | $88.8M | $78.7M | — | — | $30.3M |
| 2020 | $85.8M | $85.7M | $76.6M | — | — | $28.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $86K from 9 charities:
- Shuswap Community Foundation$57K
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$12K
- Community Foundation of the North Okanagan$5,000
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Armstrong Spallumcheen Healthcare Auxiliary$2,500
- First West Foundation$2,444
- Fondation Philantra Philantra Foundation$2,000
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$338
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$60
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions969
- Total compensation, all staff$90.4M
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 School District No. 83 (Kwsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcul'ecw)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891020679RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.