The Spo7ez Cultural Centre and Community Society
Charitable organization · Mount Currie, British Columbia · BN 863586640RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,647,367) as filed with the CRA.
The Spo7ez Cultural Centre and Community Society is a charitable organization based in Mount Currie, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from government. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $138K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Develop and present cross-cultural training for employers of first nations skilled labour operate the squamish lil'wat cultural centre which was constructed to preserve protect and exhibit the culture artifacts and natural history of the squamish and lil'wat first nations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.6M | $3.5M | $83K | — | $10.1M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $4.7M | $2.8M | $50K | — | $9.6M |
| 2022 | $4.6M | $3.3M | $2.2M | $24K | — | $8.4M |
| 2021 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2M | $26K | — | $3.9M |
| 2020 | $4.6M | $4.4M | $4.4M | $50K | — | $3.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $138K from 7 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,99916 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$2.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashley Joseph (director); Shayla Jacobs (board president); Stewart Gonzales (board vice president); Lois Joseph (board vice president); Rilla Sampson (board president); Joshua Anderson (director); Keith Hester (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spo7ez Cultural Centre and Community Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863586640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.