Shuswap Area Family Emergency Society
Publicly funded institution · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 130529951RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,705,480) as filed with the CRA.
Shuswap Area Family Emergency Society is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operates the women's emergency shelter for women with or without children - 24 hour access for women leaving an abusive relationship provide operates the children who witness abuse program - one on one and group counselling for ages 3-18 yrs. Parental support is available. Operates the stopping the violence program - one on one and group counselling for women who are or have been in an abusive relationship. Ongoing programs are as follows: - women's emergency shelter - community counselling - children who witness abuse - stopping the violence - police based victim services - com…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $849K | — | — | $971K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 11 charities:
- Canada Gives$24K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Shuswap Community Foundation$9,583
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$3,525
- Women's Shelters Canada$2,000
- Cornerstone Christian Reformed Church$1,455
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,249
- Deo Lutheran Church of Salmon Arm$1,000
- Eagle Bay Community Association$500
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$453
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dana Crawford Fenwick (secretary); Karen Berger (president); Geneva McLean (director); Carol Ann Green (vice president); Alex Miller (director); Rebecca Taylor (director); Barb Puetz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shuswap Area Family Emergency Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130529951RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.