The Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake)
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 893857284RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($82,890,739) as filed with the CRA.
The Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) is a charitable organization based in Nelson, 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 $85M in revenue and $82.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
Compared with 733 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $200,000–249,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 521 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
Delivery of K-12 public education on behalf of Ministry of Education
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $85M | $82.9M | $74.5M | — | — | $28.1M |
| 2023 | $78.2M | $75M | $63.6M | — | — | $26M |
| 2022 | $72M | $72.6M | $61.4M | — | — | $22.7M |
| 2021 | $72.3M | $71.4M | $60.8M | — | — | $26M |
| 2020 | $69.9M | $70M | $60.5M | — | — | $25.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 11 charities:
- Vancouver Sun Children's Fund Society$52K
- Osprey Community Foundation$17K
- Creston Community Auditorium Society$6,803
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,860
- BenefAction Foundation$3,500
- Vancouver Foundation$2,500
- Creston Valley Community Foundation$2,200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,644
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$300
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$300
- The Canfor Good Things Come From Trees Foundation$300
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 positions521
- Total compensation, all staff$66.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy MacArthur (secretary-treasurer & cfo).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893857284RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.