Scw'exmx Community Health Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Merritt, British Columbia · BN 866566425RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,782,317) as filed with the CRA.
Scw'exmx Community Health Services Society is a charitable organization based in Merritt, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $7M in revenue and $4.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $100K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 34 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The organization is a health society providing health services on behalf of first nations health authority to 3 native bands in the merritt bc region. The 3 member bands receive funding for health programs relating to health services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7M | $4.8M | $1.2M | — | — | $7.2M |
| 2023 | $8.1M | $4.2M | $1.8M | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $4M | $3.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $906K |
| 2020 | $6M | $5.7M | $2.9M | — | — | $1.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $100K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions34
- Total compensation, all staff$2.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Olivia Buck (vice chairperson); Michael Smithers (secretary/treasurer); Ko'Waintco Michell (chairperson); Veronica Jameson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Scw'exmx Community Health Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866566425RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.