The Castlegar and District Community Services Society
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 106878804RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,992,879) as filed with the CRA.
The Castlegar and District Community Services Society is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $161K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $1.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
To provide individual and family counseling and advocacy for people with low income and support to victims/witnesses of abuse; to provide non-medical supports (i.e. housekeeping and transportation) to seniors; to provide low cost housing/rent to women and seniors who have experienced abuse or violence healthy living child supports safe homes women's abuse counselling police based victim services women's empowerment transportation programs youth action network rent bank housing outreach program street outreach affordable housing shelter
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.9M | $2M | $384K | — | — | $881K |
| 2023 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $917K | — | — | $1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2M | $1.9M | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.5M | — | — | $538K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1M | — | — | $336K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $161K from 11 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$125K
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$17K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$14K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$3,600
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,743
- Castlegar Kinnaird Pastoral Charge$1,119
- Canadian Women's Foundation$1,000
- Urban Systems Foundation$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$84
- Women's Shelters Canada-$5,090
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Turnbull (chair); Bruno Tassone (director); Kim Tassone (director); Leanna Kozak (director); Chris Popoff (director); Heather Wheating (chair); Jodi St. Thomas (director); Bruna Horcoff (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Castlegar and District Community Services Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106878804RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.