The Board of Education of School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)
Publicly funded institution · Kamloops, British Columbia · BN 893840280RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($139,596) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) is a charitable organization based in Kamloops, 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 $140K in revenue and $140K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $103K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $140K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To support programs for the advancement of education including the establishment of scholarships/bursaries as well as the acquisition of education equipment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $140K | $140K | $140K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | $269K | $269K | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $57K | $57K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $89K | $89K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $50K | $50K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $103K from 10 charities:
- Decoda Literacy Foundation$60K
- The Art Starts in Schools Society$18K
- Book Dreams Canada$8,890
- North Thompson Communities Foundation$4,000
- The Stollery Charitable Foundation$4,000
- Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation$3,000
- Urban Systems Foundation$2,195
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,380
- BC Heritage Fairs Society$500
- The Victoria Foundation$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathleen Karpuk (trustee); Rhonda Kershaw (trustee); Cara McKelvey (trustee); Shelley Sim (trustee); John O'Fee (trustee); Heather Grieve (trustee); Diane Jules (trustee); Cole Hickson (trustee); Jodhbir Kang (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. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893840280RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.