The Board of Education of School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay)
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 891358277RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($95,715,569) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay) is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, 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 $99.8M in revenue and $95.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $48K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 661 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $54K in 2024, the largest being $54K to The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
K-12 School District operating 17 schools
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99.8M | $95.7M | $20K | — | — | $26.6M |
| 2023 | $86.4M | $88.3M | $27K | — | — | $22.5M |
| 2022 | $78.8M | $81.6M | $22K | — | — | $24.8M |
| 2021 | $80.8M | $77.7M | $21K | — | — | $27.9M |
| 2020 | $74.1M | $71.8M | $35K | — | — | $24.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $54K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $48K from 11 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$12K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- Community Foundation of the Kootenay Rockies$8,292
- The Western Communities Foundation$5,000
- The Western Communities Foundation$3,029
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$3,000
- Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation$1,850
- Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation$1,610
- Emily Brydon Fernie Foundation$817
- Abreast in the Rockies Dragonboat Assoc.$750
- Cranbrook Community Theatre Society$200
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 positions661
- Total compensation, all staff$79.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trina Ayling (trustee); Beverley Bellina (trustee); Chris Johns (trustee); Doug McPhee (chairman); Wendy Turner (trustee); Irene Bischler (trustee); Alysha Clarke (trustee); Nicole Heckendorf (trustee); Sarah Madsen (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 5 (Southeast Kootenay)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891358277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.