Tansi Friendship Centre Society
Charitable organization · Chetwynd, British Columbia · BN 121568059RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,947,761) as filed with the CRA.
Tansi Friendship Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Chetwynd, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $199K.
Compared with 299 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 54 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Friendship centre - services for aboriginal people cultural programs educational programs. Food bank (within the friendship centre) -serving the chetwynd bc area kici-awasimsak family centre - providing services to young families such as early childhood development
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.6M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.7M | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.8M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $1.2M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $1M | $888K | $766K | — | — | $767K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $199K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions54
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hank Calliou (vice president); Mike Podolecki (first director); Fiona Groves (secretary); Val Cardinal (director); Rutanya Cardinal (director); Dianne Paquette (treasurer); Yvonne Paquette (director); Ethan Cameron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tansi Friendship Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 121568059RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.