The Catholic Independent Schools of Nelson Diocese
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 119221380RR0007 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,049,636) as filed with the CRA.
The Catholic Independent Schools of Nelson Diocese is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1.9M in revenue and $2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $31K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $598 in 2024, the largest being $271 to The Terry Fox Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Operation of an Independent Roman Catholic school for students in Kindergarten to grade 7 including after school care and day care.
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 | $2M | $35K | $598 | $247K |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $2M | $1.9M | $42K | $1,606 | $419K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $13K | $2,479 | $555K |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $2,058 | $0 | $522K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $28K | — | $339K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $598 to 7 qualified donees:
- The Terry Fox Foundation$271
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central and Southern Interior of BC Society$121
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$121
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$50
- Alzheimer Society of Canada$13
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. and Yukon$12
- YMCA of Southern Interior BC Association$10
Received $31K from 1 charity:
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson$31K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rob Graham (maintenance chair); Cerlouie Jiminez (priest); Asia Wilson (secretary); Marta Horvath (council member at large); Kathryn Grootjes (principal); Brook McLaughlin (public relations); Stacey Bachynsky (finance chair); Judy Leduc (education chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Catholic Independent Schools of Nelson Diocese’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119221380RR0007), or read how we compute the receipt.