Syilx Language House Association
Publicly funded institution · Falkland, British Columbia · BN 811781764RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($772,827) as filed with the CRA.
Syilx Language House Association is a charitable organization based in Falkland, 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 $703K in revenue and $773K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from government, 42% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $206K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 46% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $296K in 2020 to $703K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Syilx language house is a non-profit charitable society with the express purpose of creating nsyilxcn (syilx salish okanagan) speakers in the syilx nation recording our precious fluent elders and forming an empowered speaking community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $703K | $773K | $658K | — | — | $344K |
| 2023 | $772K | $728K | $616K | — | — | $414K |
| 2022 | $660K | $591K | $518K | — | — | $370K |
| 2021 | $557K | $421K | $365K | — | — | $318K |
| 2020 | $296K | $229K | $197K | — | — | $182K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $206K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Barnes (director); Dustin Schmauder (director); Angie Pinchbeck (director); Jessica Chillihitzia (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Syilx Language House Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811781764RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.