Shuswap Children's Association
Publicly funded institution · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 119149516RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,569,152) as filed with the CRA.
Shuswap Children's Association is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $99K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Infant development program respite care cupported child development occupational therapy physiotherapy childcare resource & referral family place early childhood development fetal alcohol spectrum disorder key worker autism support (the nest) family support worker behavioural support services playgroups for infants/toddlers (ages 0-6) youth programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.2M | $35K | — | $427K |
| 2023 | $2M | $2.1M | $1.8M | — | — | $424K |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.7M | $0 | $0 | $494K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $0 | $0 | $416K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0 | $0 | $389K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $99K from 13 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$20K
- Whitevalley Community Resource Centre$15K
- Johansen-Larsen Foundation$10K
- British Columbia Rehabilitation Foundation$9,600
- Churches of Salmon Arm Used Goods Society$7,500
- Shuswap Community Foundation$3,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,708
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,944
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$870
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$347
- United Way British Columbia$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jo Ann Fowler (director); Monica Kriese (president); Carolyn Iker (secretary); Marian Hardy (director); Lindsay R. Blackstock (director); Jesse Young (vice-president); Elizabeth Teece (treasurer); Maurice Wright (director); Emma Chorneyko (director); Shae Giesbrecht (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shuswap Children's Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119149516RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.