The Board of Education of School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain)
Publicly funded institution · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 891358079RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($63,550,948) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) is a charitable organization based in Invermere, 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 $62.1M in revenue and $63.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 265 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Accept donations from individuals and organizations to support specific educational programs and initiatives offered by the board of education of school district no. 6 (rocky mountain).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62.1M | $63.6M | $49.3M | — | — | $24.1M |
| 2023 | $58.9M | $59.5M | $52.7M | — | — | $25.6M |
| 2022 | $55.6M | $54.9M | $49.2M | — | — | $30.9M |
| 2021 | $50.7M | $51.2M | $45.6M | — | — | $31M |
| 2020 | $50.7M | $49.7M | $44.6M | — | — | $31.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 7 charities:
- Golden and District Community Foundation$17K
- Golden and District Community Foundation$16K
- Invermere Health CARE Auxiliary Society$12K
- Columbia Valley Community Foundation$7,300
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$7,200
- Golden and District Community Foundation$3,477
- Golden and District Community Foundation$532
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9992 positions
- $160,000–199,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions265
- Total compensation, all staff$49.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donald Rice (secretary treasurer); Amber Byklum (chairperson); Roberta Fearing (vice-chairperson); Darryl Oakley (trustee); Betty-Lou Barrett (trustee); Rhonda Smith (trustee); Ronald McRae (trustee); Ryan Stimming (trustee); Jane Thurgood Sagal (trustee); Scott King (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. 6 (Rocky Mountain)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891358079RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.