The Board of Education of School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
Publicly funded institution · Trail, British Columbia · BN 891357873RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($66,716,868) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) is a charitable organization based in Trail, 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 $66.7M in revenue and $66.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 301 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Education of students from kindergarten to grade 12. - operating strong start centres/programs for pre-school children. - donations/grants received in support of student bursaries scholarships playgrounds breakfast and lunch programs athletic and academic activities of the school district.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66.7M | $66.7M | $63.5M | — | — | $18.2M |
| 2023 | $60.4M | $60.2M | $57.6M | — | — | $18.2M |
| 2022 | $55.6M | $55.4M | $53M | — | — | $21.1M |
| 2021 | $52.2M | $52.6M | $50.2M | — | — | $21.4M |
| 2020 | $50.5M | $49.5M | $47.2M | — | — | $20.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $59K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions301
- Total compensation, all staff$53.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristin Ali (trustee); Darrel Ganzert (trustee vice-chair); Terry Hanik (trustee); Stephen Piccolo (trustee); Darilyn Simister (trustee); Andrew Smith (trustee); Birkley Valks (trustee); Mark Wilson (trustee); Catherine Zaitsoff (trustee - board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891357873RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.