The Upper Skeena Development Centre Society
Publicly funded institution · Hazelton, British Columbia · BN 870129350RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($624,256) as filed with the CRA.
The Upper Skeena Development Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Hazelton, 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 $556K in revenue and $624K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from government, 27% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1) community economic development as a workbc location offering case management and other services for job seekers and local employers. 2) offer free access to income tax preparation for eligible individuals through the community volunteer income tax program (cvitp) 3) offer low-cost locally grown produce for those experiencing barriers to healthy food and/or food insecurity 4) host workshops and other educational programming on agriculture food preparation and land-based wellness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $556K | $624K | $543K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $702K | $550K | $530K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $696K | $712K | $690K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $659K | $515K | $499K | — | — | $990K |
| 2020 | $738K | $600K | $42K | $33K | — | $380K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$362K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kristal Grenkie (board chair); Julie Maitland (director); Kellie Nyce (director); Katherine Pottinger (director); Ray Sturney (director); Cyra Yunkws (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Upper Skeena Development Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870129350RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.